000			01360nam a22002297a 4500
008			230127b2021 |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
020			_a9781838855277
082			_aFiction OZE-R
100			_aOzeki, Ruth
245			_aBook of form and emptiness / _cRuth Ozeki
260			_aGreat Britain _bCanongate _c2021
300			_a550 p.
365			_aINR _b599.00
500			_aWhen 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 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. Blending unforgettable characters with jazz, climate change and our attachment to material possessions, this is classic Ruth Ozeki – bold, humane and heartbreaking.
650			_aFiction
650			_aAsian Americans
650			_aFathers--Death
650			_aPublic libraries
650			_aTeenage boys
650			_aComing of age
650			_aBildungsromans
999			_c90530 _d90530