There, Benny discovers a strange new world. When his mother, Annabelle, develops a hoarding problem, the voices grow more clamorous.Īt first, Benny tries to ignore them, but soon the voices follow him outside the house, onto the street and at school, driving him at last to seek refuge in the silence of a large public library, where objects are well-behaved and know to speak in whispers. Although Benny doesn't understand what these things are saying, he can sense their emotional tone some are pleasant, a gentle hum or coo, but others are snide, angry and full of pain. The voices belong to the things in his house-a sneaker, a broken Christmas ornament, a piece of wilted lettuce. One year after the death of his beloved musician father, thirteen-year-old Benny Oh begins to hear voices. “If you’ve lost your way with fiction over the last year or two, let The Book of Form and Emptiness light your way home.” -David Mitchell, Booker Prize-finalist author of Cloud AtlasĪ boy who hears the voices of objects all around him a mother drowning in her possessions and a Book that might hold the secret to saving them both-the brilliantly inventive new novel from the Booker Prize-finalist Ruth Ozeki “Inventive, vivid, and propelled by a sense of wonder.” - TIME “No one writes like Ruth Ozeki-a triumph.” -Matt Haig, New York Times bestselling author of The Midnight Library Truly a magical reading experience that is full of heart, Ozeki's newest work is a must read for fans of literary fiction.” We encounter a fun cast of characters from Benny's adventures who all band together to help this family get through a tough time. The Book tells us the story of Benny and Annabelle through a third party lens. In part narrated by one of his voices, an omnipresent Book, whom Benny first encounters at an abandoned Bindery at his local library.
Plagued by the voices of inanimate objects around him, Benny struggle with his mental health throughout the novel. Parts of this book skewed a little Murakami in tone but coming from someone who doesn't always love Murakami, there is something so human and relatable in Ozeki's writing that separates her a little.īenny lives alone with his mother Annabelle after losing his father in a terrible accident a few years previous. It was almost meta with one of its main voices, a Book, and hit hard with its deep dive into mental illness. You get some of the same vibe but her storylines are vast and unpredictable and you never know what you are getting into, but it will be good and 100% worth your time! The Book of Form and Emptiness started off bizarre but sucked me in so fast and then made me slow down to absorb every single word. “What I love most about Ruth Ozeki's writing is that it's different every time.
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