Ruth Ozeki : A Tale For The Time Being Signed UK HB First Edition
Signed by the author. Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2013.
Some tanning to the text block has occurred on this title.
Synopsis : 'Hi! My name is Nao, and I am a time being. Do you know what a time being is? Well, if you give me a moment, I will tell you.' Ruth discovers a Hello Kitty lunchbox washed up on the shore of her beach home. Within it lies a diary that expresses the hopes and dreams of a young girl. She suspects it might have arrived on a drift of debris from the 2011 tsunami. With every turn of the page, she is sucked deeper into an enchanting mystery. In a small cafe in Tokyo, sixteen-year-old Nao Yasutani is navigating the challenges thrown up by modern life. In the face of cyberbullying, the mysteries of a 104-year-old Buddhist nun and great-grandmother, and the joy and heartbreak of family, Nao is trying to find her own place - and voice - through a diary she hopes will find a reader and friend who finally understands her. Weaving across continents and decades, and exploring the relationship between reader and writer, fact and fiction, "A Tale for the Time Being" is an extraordinary novel about our shared humanity and
the search for home.
Ruth Ozeki : "The hardcover is a beautiful, deconstructed book with an exposed spine (how I love that metaphor!), which is like a work of art, and the paperback edition has a fully interactive cover that you operate with an app called Blippar. You download the app onto your smart phone or tablet, hold your device over the cover, and it comes to life! The red hinomaru peels back and reveals a moving montage and then offers links to areas where you can read excerpts and learn more about the book."
Bibliographic Details -
ISBN : 9780857867964
Publisher: Canongate
Publication Date: 11th March 2013
Binding: Hardback
Book Condition: New
Dust Jacket Condition: New
Signed: Signed by the author
Edition: First Edition, First Impression
Some tanning to the text block has occurred on this title.
Synopsis : 'Hi! My name is Nao, and I am a time being. Do you know what a time being is? Well, if you give me a moment, I will tell you.' Ruth discovers a Hello Kitty lunchbox washed up on the shore of her beach home. Within it lies a diary that expresses the hopes and dreams of a young girl. She suspects it might have arrived on a drift of debris from the 2011 tsunami. With every turn of the page, she is sucked deeper into an enchanting mystery. In a small cafe in Tokyo, sixteen-year-old Nao Yasutani is navigating the challenges thrown up by modern life. In the face of cyberbullying, the mysteries of a 104-year-old Buddhist nun and great-grandmother, and the joy and heartbreak of family, Nao is trying to find her own place - and voice - through a diary she hopes will find a reader and friend who finally understands her. Weaving across continents and decades, and exploring the relationship between reader and writer, fact and fiction, "A Tale for the Time Being" is an extraordinary novel about our shared humanity and
the search for home.
Ruth Ozeki : "The hardcover is a beautiful, deconstructed book with an exposed spine (how I love that metaphor!), which is like a work of art, and the paperback edition has a fully interactive cover that you operate with an app called Blippar. You download the app onto your smart phone or tablet, hold your device over the cover, and it comes to life! The red hinomaru peels back and reveals a moving montage and then offers links to areas where you can read excerpts and learn more about the book."
Bibliographic Details -
ISBN : 9780857867964
Publisher: Canongate
Publication Date: 11th March 2013
Binding: Hardback
Book Condition: New
Dust Jacket Condition: New
Signed: Signed by the author
Edition: First Edition, First Impression
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