A Tale for the Time Being
ISBN:
9780857867995 (0857867997)
Publish date: February 28th 2013
Publisher: CSA Telltapes
Edition language: English
This was my pick for Read Harder 2017's Task 19. There are actually several characters of color who go on spiritual journeys. A Tale for the Time Being has two protagonists, both are women of color and then some second tier characters have their own spiritual journeys as well. The book opens with Na...
This book just didn't work for me. It's written well, but it just isn't my kind of story. It made me feel depressed.
This is a story about drift. Drift in the sense of ocean currents that wash artifacts up on a distant shore. Drift in the sense of our lives, as we bob along, hopefully keeping our heads above the waves but sometimes finding it easier to let ourselves sink down to the bottom. And I think that the be...
Ahh, magical realism. What a delightful read!!
Nao is a 16 year old, troubled, japanese girl, who starts to write a diary about her own life and the life of her family in the present and in the past. This diary happens to fall in the hands of the novelist Ruth, who lives a secluded life with her husband Oliver on a remote Canadian island. As Rut...