A brilliant, unforgettable novel from bestselling author Ruth Ozeki--shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award
""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-[...]

En roman om to kvinder på hver sin side af et ocean, både geografisk og mentalt.

Den ene er Nao, en 16-årigpige som bor i Tokyo og har skrevet en slags dagbog. Den har hun pakket ned i en forseglet madkasse og sat til havs.
Den anden hedder Ruth og er forfatter bosat i British Columbi[...]

En magisk berättelse om tidens gåta

På en enslig ö utanför Kanadas Stillahavskust bor författaren Ruth med sin man. När hon en dag tar en promenad hittar hon en Hello Kitty-matlåda som spolats upp på stranden. Inuti finns ett gammalt armbandsur, några gulnade brev, en anteckningsbok[...]

A cross-cultural tale of two women brought together by the intersections of television and industrial agriculture, fertility and motherhood, life and love--the breakout hit by the celebrated author of "A Tale for the Time Being"
Ruth Ozeki's mesmerizing debut novel has captivated readers and re[...]

'Hi! My name is Nao, and I am a time being. Do you know what a time being is? Well, if you give me a moment, I will tell you.' Ruth discovers a Hello Kitty lunchbox washed up on the shore of her beach home. Within it lies a diary that expresses the hopes and dreams of a young girl. She suspects it m[...]

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Yumi Fuller hasn't set foot in her parents' farm in Idaho since she ran away when she was fifteen. Now, twenty-five years later, the prodigal daughter - and now a struggling single mother of three - is returning home, desperate to win back the love of her ailing father and to confront her best frien[...]