A Tale for the Time Being

Title: A Tale for the Time Being Author: Ruth Ozeki Fiction: 1694947 ISBN: 9780143124870 Publisher: Penguin Books Published: 2013 Binding: Paperback Language: English Edition: 978-0-670-02663-0 Section: Fiction | Literary Condition Note: New from the publisher Publisher Description: A brilliant, unforgettable novel from bestselling author Ruth Ozeki, author of The Book of Form and Emptiness Finalist for the Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award "A time being is someone who lives in time, and that means you, and me, and every one of us who is, or was, or ever will be." In Tokyo, sixteen-year-old Nao has decided there's only one escape from her aching loneliness and her classmates' bullying. But before she ends it all, Nao first plans to document the life of her great grandmother, a Buddhist nun who's lived more than a century. A diary is