The Japan Times: Ozeki’s work reflects her complex identity →

“Ruth Ozeki’s recent novel, the 2013 Man Booker-shortlisted “A Tale For the Time Being,” is best described as a hybrid: a fictional masterpiece with footnotes and appendices like a research paper; a colorful scrawl of inventive creativity marked by scientific asides ranging from ocean gyres to quantum mechanics; a playful meta-fiction, the memoir Ozeki never wrote — an unforgettable Zen collusion of time and space housed within a paper shell.”
— Kris Kosaka, The Japan Times

November 23,2013
The Japan Times
Ozeki’s work reflects her complex identity
Kris Kosaka

Man Booker Shortlist: We loved its spirit, in several senses →

“Ruth Ozeki’s wonderfully clever and vast-hearted A Tale For The Time Being is a turbulent story of two parts, told in counterpoint, and preoccupied with doublenesses and simultaneities. In keeping with the quantum physics that animate it, it manages to be at once tender and refined, comic and grave, hopeful and desperate. We loved its spirit, in several senses, and we are all Hello Kitty fans now.”
— ​Robert Macfarlane, Chair of judges, 2013 Man Booker Prize

October 15, 2013
Man Booker Prize
Robert Macfarlane announces the Man Booker 2013 winner
Robert Macfarlane, Chair of judges, 2013 Man Booker Prize

The Telegraph: Booker Prize 2013 is a truly great shortlist →

“As the names were read out by Robert Macfarlane, chair of the judges, I realised the choices were both brave and solid – each one exceptional yet indisputably skilled; and as a collection, as a joint way of saying “this is what the novel can be”, it was incredibly exciting. ”
— Gaby Wood, The Telegraph

September 10, 2013
The Telegraph
Booker Prize 2013 is a truly great shortlist
Gaby Wood