A Tale for the Time Being
Ranked #15 in Japanese, Ranked #15 in Zen Buddhism — see more rankings.
In Tokyo, sixteen-year-old Nao has decided there’s only one escape from her aching loneliness and her classmates’ bullying. But before she ends it all, Nao plans to document the life of her great-grandmother, a Buddhist nun who’s lived more than a century. A diary is Nao’s only solace—and will touch lives in a ways she can scarcely imagine.
Across the Pacific, we meet Ruth, a novelist living on a remote island who discovers a collection of artifacts washed ashore in a Hello Kitty lunchbox—possibly debris from the devastating 2011 tsunami. As the mystery of its contents unfolds,... more
Across the Pacific, we meet Ruth, a novelist living on a remote island who discovers a collection of artifacts washed ashore in a Hello Kitty lunchbox—possibly debris from the devastating 2011 tsunami. As the mystery of its contents unfolds,... more
Rankings by Category
A Tale for the Time Being is ranked in the following categories:
- #73 in 9/11
- #30 in Asian
- #97 in Buddhism
- #54 in Bullying
- #86 in Buzzfeed
- #37 in Canada
- #79 in Canadian
- #51 in Diaries
- #95 in Existential
- #48 in Loneliness
- #39 in Magical Realism
- #77 in Multiculturalism
- #54 in Options
- #24 in Quantum Mechanics
- #37 in Suicide
- #88 in Writers
- #58 in Zen
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