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I had to change my 4 rating to 5. I've read 2 books since finishing this one and neither have made me ponder like this one. This book should make you wonder about the meaning of life.
Isn't that the corniest shit you've ever heard? Unfortunately its true. The characters seem possessed with suicide. But also quantum physics. Japanese philosophy, Marcel Proust and Western philosophers, Ecology, Tsunamis, nuclear power. breaking the 4th wall, and everything in between. So..a month after reading I'm ...more
Isn't that the corniest shit you've ever heard? Unfortunately its true. The characters seem possessed with suicide. But also quantum physics. Japanese philosophy, Marcel Proust and Western philosophers, Ecology, Tsunamis, nuclear power. breaking the 4th wall, and everything in between. So..a month after reading I'm ...more
Maybe the best way to talk about it is to call it Schrödinger’s Book.
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki. This book is so beautifully written and is peppered with interesting bits of information that I found to be wonderful. By the end of the book I knew bits about Zen Buddhism, particle physics, life in Japan and Schroedinger's cat, among other things. The book floats (probably) placed in a Hello Kitty lunch-box along with a few other items and is found on the Canadian West coast. It finds its way into the hands of an author and her husband who is able (with
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