#1743: Ruth Ozeki's "The Book of Form and Emptiness"|The Book Show

December 14, 2021 00:27:41
#1743: Ruth Ozeki's "The Book of Form and Emptiness"|The Book Show
The Book Show
#1743: Ruth Ozeki's "The Book of Form and Emptiness"|The Book Show

Dec 14 2021 | 00:27:41

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Show Notes

Ruth Ozeki is a filmmaker, Zen Buddhist priest and the author of several novels including “A Tale for the Time Being,” which was a finalist for the 2013 Booker Prize. Her latest, “The Book of Form and Emptiness,” is an inventive novel about loss, growing up, and our relationship with things.

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