Ozeki, Ruth creator text sa Edinburgh Canongate Books Ltd 2022 monographic eng

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550 pages; 20 cm. by Ruth Ozeki After the tragic death of his father, fourteen-year-old Benny Oh begins to hear voices. The voices belong to the things in his house and sound variously pleasant, angry or sad. Then his mother develops a hoarding problem, and the voices grow more clamorous. So Benny seeks refuge in the silence of a large public library. There he meets a mesmerising street artist with a smug pet ferret; a homeless philosopher-poet; and his very own Book, who narrates Benny's life and teaches him to listen to the things that truly matter. Blending unforgettable characters with jazz, climate change and our attachment to material possessions, this is classic Ruth Ozeki - bold, humane and heartbreaking. Fathers—Death—Fiction EF OZEK 9781838855277 RDA 240904 20240921101058.0