Winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction "No one writes like Ruth
Ozeki-a triumph." -Matt Haig, New York Times bestselling author of
The Midnight Library "Inventive, vivid, and propelled by a sense of
wonder." -TIME "If you've lost your way with fiction over the last
year or two, let The Book of Form and Emptiness light your way
home." -David Mitchell, Booker Prize-finalist author of Cloud Atlas
A boy who hears the voices of objects all around him; a mother
drowning in her possessions; and a Book that might hold the secret
to saving them both-the brilliantly inventive new novel from the
Booker Prize-finalist Ruth Ozeki 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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