“As contemporary as a Japanese teenager’s slang but as ageless as a Zen koan, Ruth Ozeki’s new novel combines great storytelling with a probing investigation into the purpose of existence.
… This erudite author knows that in the end, the most important truths are simple.”
March 10, 2013
The Washington Post
‘A Tale for the Time Being,’ by Ruth Ozeki
Wendy Smith
“Links have been made between [Buddhism and quantum physics] before, but seldom can they have been intertwined with such emotive power and linguistic grace as Ruth Ozeki manages in this funny, heartbreaking, moving and profound novel.”
March 9, 2013
The Independent
A Tale for the Time Being, By Ruth Ozeki: Opening Schrödinger’s lunchbox
Doug Johnstone
“Ruth Ozeki folllows her much-admired My Year of Meats with a magical narrative, A Tale for the Time Being, that dances in all worlds at once. ”
March 8, 2013
The Toronto Star
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki: Review
Nancy Winston
“I’ve rarely encountered a novel that has made me think about our world quite as much as this one has, where distance and time are mutable depending on the observer, and what is a reader if not the ultimate observer?”
March 7, 2013
As the Crowe Flies (and Reads!)
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
“The Japanese-American writer on waiting for inspiration, the search for lost time – and her helpful husband.”
March 7, 2013
The Observer
Interview: 'This book is about the character creating a novelist'
Anita Sethi