Tale Time Being by Ozeki Ruth (289 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good.

Condition: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Condition: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Paperback. Condition: Fine.

Condition: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Condition: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Condition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. In the wake of the 2011 tsunami, Ruth discovers a Hello Kitty lunchbox washed up on the shore of her beach home in British Columbia. Within it lies a diary that expresses the hopes, heartbreak and dreams of a young girl desperate for someone to understand her. Each turn of the page pulls Ruth deeper into the mystery of Nao's life, and forever changes her in a way neither could foresee. Weaving across continents and decades, A Tale for the Time Being is an extraordinary novel about our shared humanity and the search for home. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Nao lives in Tokyo. She is sixteen, and has decided to write a diary before she kills herself. She has plenty of materialschool bullies, depressed parentsbut she particularly wants to chronicle the life of her great-grandmother, Jiko, a Buddhist nun. Eventually, Nao thinks, her diary will find its reader.Ruth lives with her husband on the Pacific coast of Canada. A few months after the 2010 tsunami, she finds a Hello Kitty lunchbox washed up on the shore. It contains a diaryThis is the simple story of a girl, her great-grandmother and the novelist who becomes enthralled with their tale. But this simple story draws from the deep currents of our times, from quantum physics, Japanese ghost tales, suicide trends, first-person accounts of kamikaze fighters during World War II, thirteenth-century Buddhist texts and recent pop culture. It is a meditation on impermanence, and the intimate relationship between past and present, fact and fiction, and time and text. Ruth Ozeki Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. May have some shelf-wear due to normal use.

hardcover. Condition: Good. ***Please Read*** ex-library markings - No marks on text - My shelf location 36-e-23.

Very good.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: None Issued. Special Edition. This is a Very Fine copy of the "Special Edition" - So stated on the rear cover along with the words "Not For Resale". NOT an uncorrected proof and the cover design seems identical to the hardcover edition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Two trade paperbacks, both signed by Ozeki on their title pages, sold together as a set. Both show minor reading creases and edgewear to covers. Pages are clean. No writing, no dog-ears. The Book of Form and Emptiness ISBN: 978-0-399-56366-9. A Tale for the Time Being ISBN: 978-0-14-312487-0. Signed by Author(s).

Unknown. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.85.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Text Publishing,WILL COMBINE BOOKS TO SAVE POSTAGE WHERE POSSIBLE. SOFT COVER LARGE SIZE - ,.PAPERBACK EDITION NO TEARS OR INSCRIPTIONS 2013 Used The enchanting new novel from the best-selling author of My Year of Meat Nao is a sixteen year old teenager living in Tokyo with a suicidal father and is being horrendously bullied at school She decides to kill herself but not before writing a diary in the hope that it will reach the right reader Ruth is a writer living in a remote area of Canada who finds a diary washed up on the beach in a Hello Kitty lunchbox a few weeks after the 2010 earthquake and tsunami She is inexorably drawn into Nao's story The lines between what she knows to be true and what she knows to be impossible begin to blur A Tale for the Time Being is equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking Impossible to put down, it will leave the reader completely satisfied but ruminating on the questions it raises for a long time to come ???A Tale for the Time Being is a timeless story Ruth Ozeki beautifully renders not only the devastation of the collision between man and the natural world, but also the often miraculous results of it She is a deeply intelligent and humane writer who offers her insight with a grace that beguiles I truly love this novel??? Alice Sebold Ruth Ozeki will attend major writers festivals in Australia and New Zealand in 2013 A novel for true book-lovers and perfect for book club discussions Early reading copies available Reading group notes available from Text website.

Octavo hardcover (VG+): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

First edition. 8vo. 422 pp. Hardcover binding in unclipped dustwrapper, very good condition. (99282). A time being is someone who lives in time, and that means you, and me, and every one of us who is, or was, or ever will be." In Tokyo, sixteen-year-old Nao has decided there's only one escape from her aching loneliness and her classmates' bullying. But before she ends it all, Nao first plans to document the life of her great grandmother, a Buddhist nun who's lived more than a century. A diary is Nao's only solace--and will touch lives in ways she can scarcely imagine. Across the Pacific, we meet Ruth, a novelist living on a remote island who discovers a collection of artifacts washed ashore in a Hello Kitty lunchbox--possibly debris from the devastating 2011 tsunami. As the mystery of its contents unfolds, Ruth is pulled into the past, into Nao's drama and her unknown fate, and forward into her own future. Full of Ozeki's signature humor and deeply engaged with the relationship between writer and reader, past and present, fact and fiction, quantum physics, history, and myth, A Tale for the Time Being is a brilliantly inventive, beguiling story of our shared humanity and the search for home.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st printing. text clean and unmarked. binding tight. embossed boards have little to no wear. edges of pages have very light wear. dust jacket has very light wear.

Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Good - Some Wear. First Edition.

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.

First. Fine simultaneous paperback edition. What looks like a very slight production fault at foot of card to front panel where it has concertinad slightly in the cutting proces. Less than an inch long.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good +. First Edition. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author in blue ink to title page. Stated first edition, with full number line indicating first printing. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". 422pp. Very mild shelf wear to unclipped dust jacket designed by Jim Tierney. Bound in full speckled paper over boards, with waves stamped in blind to upper board and spine lettered in silver. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A very presentable first printing of bestselling author Ruth Ozeki's A Tale for the Time Being, shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. ABOUT THIS BOOK: "A time being is someone who lives in time, and that means you, and me, and every one of us who is, or was, or ever will be." In Tokyo, sixteen-year-old Nao has decided there's only one escape from her aching loneliness and her classmates' bullying. But before she ends it all, Nao first plans to document the life of her great grandmother, a Buddhist nun who's lived more than a century. A diary is Nao's only solaceand will touch lives in ways she can scarcely imagine. Across the Pacific, we meet Ruth, a novelist living on a remote island who discovers a collection of artifacts washed ashore in a Hello Kitty lunchboxpossibly debris from the devastating 2011 tsunami. As the mystery of its contents unfolds, Ruth is pulled into the past, into Nao's drama and her unknown fate, and forward into her own future. Full of Ozeki's signature humor and deeply engaged with the relationship between writer and reader, past and present, fact and fiction, quantum physics, history, and myth, A Tale for the Time Being is a brilliantly inventive, beguiling story of our shared humanity and the search for home.(Publisher).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. First edition, hardcover, signed by Ozeki on the title page, the book has a minor skew to the binding, and light bumps to the spine ends and lower cover corners. Otherwise, this is a solid, tight Very Good+ copy in a like, unclipped dust jacket, which has slight bumps to the spine ends and corners, and is wrapped in Mylar.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1ST. An Outstanding Copy - Signed By The Author On The Title Page. Signature Only. A First Edition, First Printing. Book Is In Fine Condition. Boards Are Clean, Not Bumped. Fore Edges Are Clean. Interior Is Clean And Legible. Not Remaindered. Dust Jacket Is In Fine Condition. Not Chipped Or Crinkled. Not Price Clipped. Dust Jacket Is Covered By Mylar Brodart. Thanks And Enjoy. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A near fine US first edition, first printing hardback (pushing to spine ends and a corner)- in a fine unclipped dustjacket - fitted with a removable clear mylar sleeve - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days) - SIGNED, LINED & DATED BY RUTH OZEKI - Pictures of the book are available upon request. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A fine UK first edition, first printing hardback - no dustjacket (as issued) - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days) - SIGNED, LINED & PUBLICATION DATED BY RUTH OZEKI - Pictures of the book are available upon request. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: As New. Uncorrected Proof. A fine unread uncorrected Proof copy in illustrated wraps. Signed and dated 12 October 2013 by the Author on the title page. 2013 Booker Shortlist. Signed by Author(s).