{"product_id":"a-tale-for-the-time-being","title":"A Tale for the Time Being","description":"\u003cdiv aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA Tale for The Time Being is a contemporary fiction book written by Ruth Ozeki.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis is a novel that is narrated by two characters, a sixteen-year-old girl in Tokyo and a writer living on an island off British Columbia. The teenage girl named Nao in Tokyo is constantly bullied in class and sees no escape from it. Her sense of isolation is even more deepened by a miserable family life. She has decided to take her own life but before that she wants to document the life of her great grandmother. Her great grandmother was a Buddhist nun who is over one hundred years old. Nao starts to find comfort and happiness in writing in her diary. In her diary entries, she addresses an imagined reader and a hopeful friend.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOn the other side of the Pacific, novelist Ruth, who is living on a small island off the coast of British Columbia, finds a cute little Hello Kitty lunchbox washed up on the beach. She assumes that it is possible debris from the tsunami that had struck Japan in 2011. She starts reading the diary and becomes engrossed in it. Once she reads the incomplete book, Ruth becomes infatuated with finding out how the story ended.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA Tale for The Time Being by Ruth Ozeki was published by Random House in 2013. This book is the main edition and is available in paperback.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKey Features:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA Tale for The Time Being received several positive reviews.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis book has even been nominated for 2013 Man Booker Prize, 2013 National Book Critics Circle Award (Fiction), 2013 Independent Booksellers Book Award and 2013 The Kitschies Red Tentacle for best novel.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Best of used books","offers":[{"title":"Used","offer_id":44273275273473,"sku":"2SUNE9YIP-Used","price":499.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0421\/4299\/0495\/products\/ATalefortheTimeBeing.jpg?v=1667808869","url":"https:\/\/bestofusedbooks.com\/products\/a-tale-for-the-time-being","provider":"Best Of Used Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}