EAN: 9780593489406

THE BOOK OF FORM AND EMPTINESS - RUTH OZEKI KAR...

Heart-breaking and heart-healing-The Book of Form and Emptiness is a triumph. -Matt Haig  New
York Times bestselling author of The Midnight Library A brilliantly inventive novel about loss
growing up  and our relationship with things One year after the death of his beloved musician
father  thirteen-year-old Benny Oh begins to hear voices. The voices belong to the things in
his house-a sneaker  a broken Christmas ornament  a piece of wilted lettuce. Although Benny
doesn't understand what these things are saying  he can sense their emotional tone  some are
pleasant  a gentle hum or coo  but others are snide  angry and full of pain. When his mother 
Annabelle  develops a hoarding problem  the voices grow more clamorous. At first  Benny tries
to ignore them  but soon the voices follow him outside the house  onto the street and at school
driving him at last to seek refuge in the silence of a large public library  where objects are
well-behaved and know to speak in whispers. There  Benny discovers a strange new world. He
falls in love with a mesmerizing street artist with a smug pet ferret  who uses the library as
her performance space. He meets a homeless philosopher-poet  who encourages him to ask
important questions and find his own voice amongst the many. And he meets his very own Book-a
talking thing-who narrates Benny's life and teaches him to listen to the things that truly
matter. With its blend of sympathetic characters  riveting plot  and vibrant engagement with
everything from jazz  to climate change  to our attachment to material possessions  The Book of
Form and Emptiness is classic Ruth Ozeki-bold  wise  poignant  playful  humane and
heartbreaking.

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