A Tale for the Time Being

`A beautifully interwoven novel about magic and loss and the incomprehensible threads that connect our lives. I loved it.' -- Elizabeth Gilbert
`Deep and gorgeous and wise. A completely satisfying, continually surprising, wholly remarkable achievement.' -- Karen Joy Fowler
`Ozeki is one of my favorite novelists and here she is at her absolute best-bewitching, intelligent, hilarious, and heartbreaking, often on the same page.' -- Junot Diaz
`Ruth Ozeki beautifully renders not only the devastation of the collision between man and the natural world, but also its often miraculous results. She is a deeply intelligent and humane writer who offers her insight with a grace that beguiles. I truly love this novel.' -- Alice Sebold
`Ingenious and touching...I read it with great pleasure.' -- Philip Pullman
`Delightful...fresh and immediate.' * New York Times Book Review *
`A huge, compassionate and cleverly wrought novel.' * Times Literary Supplement *
`A masterpiece, pure and simple.' * Kirkus Reviews (starred review) *
`Masterfully woven...a spellbinding tale.' * O, The Oprah Magazine *
`A Tale for The Time Being is many things: literary thriller, cross-cultural meditation and postmodern game. Ozeki's subtlety and craft make these into a convincing whole.' * Sydney Morning Herald *
`One of those exquisitely rare books in which you're still wondering what else it holds until the very last page.' * Sun Herald *
`A Tale for the Time Being achieves an impressive balancing act: it's a book that is profound but never earnest.' * Australian *
`An engaging, bitter-sweet work.' * Weekend Herald (NZ) *
`Clever on many levels but also immensely readable.' * Herald on Sunday (NZ) *