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A Tale for the Time Being
A Tale for the Time Being
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December 1, 2017
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December 30, 2017
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Rebecca Robinson
Apr 27, 2014 rated it it was amazing
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Jeanne
Aug 10, 2014 rated it it was amazing
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This is not a book for everyone, but if you can imagine liking books that successfully combine zen buddhism, quantum mechanics, uncertainty, ecoactivism, and cross-cultural dialogues, in broad ranging yet focused discussions of suicide, shame, bullying, war, integrity, living in the present, writer's block, and more, this book is for you. Its four well-drawn narrators (two of these provide more minor narrations), as well as the other characters provide fascinating and well-developed perspectives ...more
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Samantha
Jul 13, 2020 rated it really liked it
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A wonderfully peculiar story about time, family and Japanese culture. The story is hard to summarize but each character was unique and compelled you to actually care about their struggles and root for them. I didn't particularly care for the magic realism but it need continuously weave the characters together through time.

Trigger alert: graphic descriptions of bullying/violence and suicide discussed throughout. ...more
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