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Does anyone have any interesting theories about this book?

Jesshew I think Ozeki was playing with the idea of time and how it can connect us. Usually we think of time as disconnecting us from people and places. Ruth w…moreI think Ozeki was playing with the idea of time and how it can connect us. Usually we think of time as disconnecting us from people and places. Ruth was disconnected from her parents (who had died), her beloved NYC (where she lived before), and from Nao who she was getting to know through her journals written in the past. Was it a dream or the possible onset of inherited Alzheimer's that made it SEEM like Ruth had changed Noa's journal? Was it a glitch in space/time or a law of physics that we humans haven't learned about yet that allowed her to ACTUALLY change the outcome of Noa's story? Ozeki doesn't exactly give us the answer. But it's something wonderful and interesting to wonder about! (less)

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