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.
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Ruth Ozeki es novelista, cineasta y sacerdotisa budista. Es la multipremiada autora de tres novelas: "My Year of Meats", "All Over Creation" y "A Tale for the Time Being", esta última finalista del Man Booker Prize de 2013 y traducida a 28 idiomas. También ha escrito un libro breve de memorias titulado "Timecode of a Face". Es socia de la Everyday Zen Foundation y vive en Northampton, Massachusetts, donde enseña escritura creativa en Smith College y es titular de la cátedra de humanidades Grace Jarcho Ross 193.