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Title Statement | The book of form and emptiness [largetype] / Ruth Ozeki. |
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Author | Ozeki, Ruth, 1956- |
Publication | Waterville, Maine: Thorndike Press,2022.©2021 |
Edition | Large print edition. |
Extent of Item | 815 pages |
ISBN | 9781432893705 143289370X |
Other Number | 4341264 |
Summary | 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. When ignoring them doesn't work, 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 who encourages him to find his own voice amongst the many; 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 everything from jazz to climate change to our attachment to material possessions, this is classic Ruth Ozeki - bold, humane and heartbreaking. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Compulsive hoarding--Fiction |
Public libraries--Fiction | |
Books--Fiction | |
Fathers--Fiction--Death | |
Mothers and sons--Fiction | |
Large type books | |
Teenage boys--Fiction | |
By Genre | Bildungsromans |
Magic realism (Literature) |