| Record Number |
887811 |
| ISBN |
9781867584919 |
| Author |
Ozeki, Ruth, 1956- author,
narrator. |
| Title |
The book of form and emptiness / Ruth Ozeki ; read by Ruth Ozeki and Kerry Shale. |
| Edition |
MP3 edition ; Unabridged. |
| Publisher/Date |
Tullamarine, Victoria : Bolinda Audio, [2021] |
| ℗2021 |
| Pagination etc. |
2 audio discs (MP3 CD) (18 hr., 54 min.) : digital, stereo ; 12 cm ; in container. |
| Performer note |
Read by the author and Kerry Shale. |
| Summary Note |
After his father dies, Benny Oh finds he can hear objects talking: teapots, marbles and sharpened pencils, babbling in anger or distress. His mother, struggling to support their household alone, starts collecting things to give her comfort. Overwhelmed by the clamour of all the stuff, Benny seeks refuge in the beautiful silence of the public library. There, the objects speak only in whispers. There, he meets a homeless poet and a mesmerising young performance artist. There, a book reaches out to him. Not just any book: his own book. And a very important conversation begins. This book is about grief, resilience, creativity and psychological difference. It is about the importance of reading, and an observation of the mess consumer culture has got us into. It is an affirmation of the power of community. It is funny, kind, wise, urgent and completely irresistible. If you let it - if you listen - it could change your life. |
| Subject |
Teenage boys -- Fiction |
| Fathers -- Death -- Fiction |
| Books -- Fiction |
| Public libraries -- Fiction |
| Compulsive hoarding -- Fiction |
| Asian Americans -- Fiction |
| Bildungsromans |
| Magic realist fiction. |
| Added Author |
Shale, Kerry narrator. |
| Shelf Location |
F CD OZEK |
