Tale for the Time Being Fordham University Press FOR TEN YEARS

FOR TEN YEARS

From 1897 to 1917 the red-light district of Storyville

and sexuality

descend into isolation and insanity

Getting things done creates a sense of accomplishment

Tale for the Time Being Fordham University Press FOR TEN YEARSA brilliant, unforgettable novel from bestselling author Ruth Ozeki, author of The Book of Form and Emptiness Finalist for the Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award "A time being is someone who lives in time, and that means you, and me, and every one of us who is, or was, or ever will be." 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