“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. ”
September 10, 2013
The Telegraph
Booker Prize 2013 is a truly great shortlist
Gaby Wood
“What moves me most of all is the way Ozeki explores intimate human relationships, and how people manage to love each other in the midst of their suffering.”
Fall 2013
Tricycle
The Eternal Now
Susan Moon
“Both works stir in a dazzling array of ingredients with the same mix of playfulness, compassion and acid observation.”
August 18, 2013
The Sydney Morning Herald
Poetic approach to an idiosyncratic oeuvre
John Bailey
July 31, 2013
Scottish Book Trust
Book Talk: The Literary Summer Heats Up
Ryan Van Winkle
“A good read transcends into the eternal, melding the real now with a timeless present. Ruth Ozeki’s “A Tale for the Time Being” is all that and more: a quietly amazing achievement, a careful construct bridging quantum physics and the role of the reader/observer, a Zen eternity of multiple realities within a single I-novel/not a novel.”
July 14, 2013
The Japan Times
A diary washed ashore opens up a world of multiple realities
Kris Kosaka