The Book of Form and Emptiness The Book of Form and Emptiness

The Book of Form and Emptiness

Winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction 2022

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Publisher Description

WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2022

When a book and a reader are meant for each other, both of them know it . . .

After the tragic death of his father, fourteen-year-old Benny Oh begins to hear voices. The voices belong to the things in his house and sound variously pleasant, angry or sad. Then his mother develops a hoarding problem, and the voices grow more clamorous. So Benny seeks refuge in the silence of a large public library. There he meets a mesmerising street artist with a smug pet ferret; a homeless philosopher-poet; and his very own Book, who narrates Benny’s life and teaches him to listen to the things that truly matter.

Blending unforgettable characters with jazz, climate change and our attachment to material possessions, this is classic Ruth Ozeki – bold, humane and heartbreaking.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2021
23 September
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
560
Pages
PUBLISHER
Canongate Books
SIZE
6.2
MB

Customer Reviews

Vikkibeans ,

Nice Enough

Slow first third, pace picks up after and continues. Ok story, the people are believable enough but it not overly gripping for me. Sort of sweet, one bit at the end was quite moving.

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