# A Tale for the Time Being

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- Book: [A Tale for the Time Being](https://www.bookquiver.com/ruth-ozeki/a-tale-for-the-time-being) ([A Tale for the Time Being.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/ruth-ozeki/a-tale-for-the-time-being.md))
- Authors: [Ruth Ozeki](https://www.bookquiver.com/ruth-ozeki)
- Publisher: canongate
- ISBN: 978-18-3885-625-0
- Published: 2022-06-02
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award, this is a timeless and compassionate novel about what it means to be human