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The book of form & emptiness

Paperback • 2022 • English • 1. edition

The book of form & emptiness

By Ruth Ozeki

1 Ratings • 5.0 of 5

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About the book

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 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 ...Show more

Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary

Book details

ISBN

9781838855277

Publisher

Canongate

Published year

2022

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

The book of form & emptiness

Format

Paperback

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