Who wrote The Book of Form and Emptiness?

Ruth Ozeki wrote The Book of Form and Emptiness, first published in 2021. It is a work of literary fiction and is rated 'Essential Read' in our catalogue.

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The Book of Form and Emptiness

Name: The Book of Form and Emptiness
Author: Ruth Ozeki

by Ruth Ozeki · 2021

Literary Fiction · ranked #232 in category

Winner · The Women's Prize for Fiction, 2022

After his father's death, thirteen-year-old Benny begins hearing voices from objects around him — and finds refuge in the public library, where a mysterious book seems to be narrating his own life. Ozeki's Women's Prize-winning novel is about grief, mental health, consumerism and the objects that accumulate around loss.

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