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Can I read A Tale for the Time Being on EtoBox?
A Tale for the Time Being by Ozeki, Ruth L. is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is A Tale for the Time Being about?
Nao lives in Tokyo. She is sixteen, and has decided to write a diary before she kills herself. She has plenty of material-school bullies, depressed parents-but she particularly wants to chronicle the life of her great-grandmother, Jiko, a Buddhist nun. And eventually, Nao thinks, her diary will find its reader. Ruth lives with her husband on the Pacific coast of Canada. A few months after the 2010 tsunami she finds a Hello Kitty lunchbox washed up on the shore. It contains a diary.
Who reads A Tale for the Time Being?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Ozeki, Ruth L.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781663607737
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary Fiction, Contemporary Fiction
- Rating
- 3.98 / 5 (53,092 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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