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Ruth, a blocked novelist, is walking along the beach of a Canadian Gulf Island when she spots a package, wrapped in plastic and encrusted in barnacles. Taking it home, she opens it and finds: a Hello Kitty Lunch box containing a diary and a bundle of letters written in Japanese, a smaller diary written in French and a WWII era watch. She begins to read the diary and thus we are introduced to remarkable voice of Nao, a teenage girl who plans, in this diary, to tell the story of her great-grandmot ...more
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Os dois elementos mencionados no título brasileiro do livro de Ruth Ozeki A Terra Inteira e o Céu Infinito formam um todo, uma unidade, um ser-tempo, pleno, indivisível. E foi justamente com o sentido de plenitude, de preenchimento emocional que acabei de ler um dos mais ricos livros de ficção (o quanto é ficção é debatível) dos últimos anos. Ao fechar a última página, ao ler os apêndices, me dei conta de querer reler o livro, assim que for possível, pela certeza de que mesmo na releitura ainda ...more
Kavya
Mar 05, 2025 rated it liked it
The writing style, narration is beautiful. The story is depressing & heartbreaking. Couldnt get past halfway.
Gloria
An easy but very satisfying read.
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