THE BOOK OF FORM AND EMPTINESS
By Ruth Ozeki
Synopsis
When a book and a reader are meant for each other, both of them know it....After the tragic death of his father, fourteen-year-old Benny Oh begins to hear voices. The voices belong to the things in his house and sound variously pleasant, angry or sad. Then his mother develops a hoarding problem, and the voices grow more clamorous. So Benny seeks refuge in the silence of a large public library. There he meets a mesmerising street artist with a smug pet ferret; a homeless philosopher-poet; and his very own Book, who narrates Benny’s life and teaches him to listen to the things that truly matter.
Sample Player
| Narrator | Kerry Shale |
|---|---|
| Length | 19hrs |
| Catalogue No. | 15779 |
| Publisher | Canongate Audio; 2021 |
