![]() ![]() The characters are quite real and unforgettable, which makes it a heart-touching read. The book deals with the themes of life, loss, and mental health, among others. Ozeki's 'The Book of Form and Emptiness' is a celebration of libraries, books, and Zen philosophy. ![]() ![]() His encounters include a street artist who has a pet ferret a homeless poet and philosopher and a Book that teaches him to shut out the outside voices and "listen to the things that truly matter". In search of peace, Benny starts visiting a large yet silent public library where he meets people who change his life. Then his mother, Annabelle, starts a hoarding problem to fill the void of her dead husband and soon, the voices of the objects get more rowdy and loud. The sounds depict different emotions- pleasant, sad, or angry. 'The Book of Form and Emptiness' is a heart-touching story of a teenager Benny Oh who, after his father's death, begins hearing the voices of various objects speaking to him. What she is best at conveying, though, is the tidal flood of human life and the absurd, unwieldy scurf of manufactured objects that has accompanied it through. And now, her fourth novel 'The Book of Form and Emptiness' has won the Women's Prize for Fiction 2022 recently. It's noted that Ozeki's third novel titled 'A Tale for the Time Being' was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2013. Renowned American-Canadian author, Zen Buddhist priest, and filmmaker Ruth Ozeki's fourth novel 'The Book of Form and Emptiness' was released in September 2021. The novel is told through a mix of Bennys first-person discussions with the Book, the Books narration of plot events in Bennys life (told in varying points. ![]()
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