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A Tale for the Time Being
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""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
… More »""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 Nao's only solace--and will touch lives in ways she can scarcely imagine. Across the Pacific, we meet Ruth, a novelist living on a remote island who discovers a collection of artifacts washed ashore in a Hello Kitty lunchbox--possibly debris from the devastating 2011 tsunami. As the mystery of its contents unfolds, Ruth is pulled into the past, into Nao's drama and her unknown fate, and forward into her own future. Full of Ozeki's signature humor and deeply engaged with the relationship between writer and reader, past and present, fact and fiction, quantum physics, history, and myth, A Tale for the Time Being is a brilliantly inventive, beguiling story of our shared humanity and the search for home"--
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Add a CommentI definitely like Ozeki's two other books better, but this one was engaging nonetheless. It provides a very interesting window into the life of a bullied teen in Japan. The bullying plot line is a bit disturbing at times, so if you are sensitive you probably won't enjoy this book. I didn't connect with the characters as much as I typically do with her books, and I found the fantastical elements to feel out of place. But I did really enjoy all the cultural references that are footnoted. And all of the stories revolving around Jiko, the Zen Buddhist nun.
I was a little unsure of this book in the beginning but it slowly but surely pulled me into the story. There were some very touching moments in the book that made quite an impression on me. A little unsettling at times but definitely compelling.
Very disappointing. The writing was tedious to read through, and it felt like it was over-explaining everything. Too much telling and not enough showing, plus the mini lectures mixed in made it even drier. I wanted to see the story progress, but, instead, I lost interest pretty early on.
the most fully-realized of ozeki's novels to date, though not quite perfect, is fascinating, wise, funny, and warm.