The Book of Form and Emptiness, Timecode of a Face 2 Books Collection Set By Ruth Ozeki
By Ruth Ozeki
2022
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Please Note That The Following Individual Books As Per Original ISBN and Cover Image In this Listing shall be Dispatched The Book of Form and Emptiness, Timecode of a Face 2 Books Collection Set By Ruth The Book of Form and 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.Timecode of a What did your face look like before your parents were born? Who are you? What is your true self? These are the questions in Ruth Ozeki's mind as she challenges herself to spend three hours gazing into her own reflection, recording every thought and detail. What follows are a lifetime's worth of meditations on race, ageing, family, death, the body, self-doubt and, finally, acceptance. In this profound encounter with memory and the mirror, Ozeki weaves together personal history, professional experience.
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Author
Ruth Ozeki
Author · 6 books
Ruth Ozeki (born in New Haven, Connecticut) is a Japanese American novelist. She is the daughter of anthropologist Floyd Lounsbury. Ozeki published her debut novel, My Year of Meats, in 1998. She followed up with All Over Creation in 2003. Her new novel, A Tale for the Time Being, was published on March 12, 2013. She is married to Canadian land artist Oliver Kellhammer, and the couple divides their time between New York City and Vancouver.
