The Book of Form and Emptiness

The Book of Form and Emptiness

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Beschreibung

After the tragic death of his beloved musician father, fourteen-year-old Benny Oh begins to hear voices. The voices belong to the things in his house - a sneaker, a broken Christmas ornament, a piece of wilted lettuce. 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. When his mother develops a hoarding problem, the voices grow more clamorous.

At 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. There, Benny discovers a strange new world, where 'things happen'. He falls in love with a mesmerising street artist with a smug pet ferret, who uses the library as her performance space. He meets a homeless philosopher-poet, who encourages him to ask important questions and find his own voice amongst the many.

And he meets his very own Book - a talking thing - who narrates Benny's life and teaches him to listen to the things that truly matter.

With its blend of sympathetic characters, riveting plot and vibrant engagement with everything from jazz to climate change to our attachment to material possessions, The Book of Form and Emptiness is classic Ruth Ozeki - bold, wise, poignant, playful, humane and heartbreaking.
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Bennys Geschichte hat mich sehr berührt und mir teilweise wehgetan. Vor allem der Trauerprozess um seinen Vater ging sehr unter die Haut.

Ruth Ozeki hat den Umgang mit Traumata und das langsame Abkapsseln von der Welt sehr gut und bewegend beschrieben. Was ist echt und was nicht? Warum müssen Stimmen, die wir hören immer schlecht sein? Manche Stimmen geben uns Richtungen vor und beschützen uns. Das Buch hat gezeigt, dass Heilung nicht linear geschieht, sondern es oft auch drunter und drüber geht. Vor allem hat es gezeigt, dass Heilung Menschen braucht, die einen lieben – so wie man ist.

5

Bennys Vater stirbt bei einem Unfall. In dem Buch begleiten wir Benny und seine Mutter durch die Zeit danach, in der Benny beginnt Gegenstände sprechen zu hören. Das Buch war für mich sehr emotional und trotz der schweren Themen aufmunternd. Ich hatte Magie erwartet, aber das kommt im Buch wenig vor. Es geht mehr um den Umgang mit der Trauer und psychischen Krankheiten.

4

Winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction 2022 This multi-layered, coming-of-age novel by Ruth Ozeki tells an evocative story of mother and son bonding during their experience of loss and grievance. Kenji´s sudden death caught both, Annabelle and Benny, off-guard and drags them through a string of incidents to find closure and peace with severe loss. While Annabelle is grieving over her husband by living in chaos, Benny is struggling to find a way to express his sorrow over his father´s death. He is haunted by voices of objects around him. Eventually, mother and son find a way to embrace their grievance with a Zen Buddhist. The novel is narrated from two perspectives: Benny and the book

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⭐️⭐️⭐️ and a half

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