{"product_id":"9781838855277","title":"The Book of Form and Emptiness","description":"\u003cp\u003e**American-Canadian author Ruth Ozeki has won the 2022 Women’s Prize for Fiction**\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Ruth+Ozeki\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eRuth Ozeki\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Ruth Ozeki","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47379913212067,"sku":"9781838855277","price":305.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781838855277_50efbce0-4034-4723-bad7-a4a59430febc.jpg?v=1776599879","url":"https:\/\/graffitibooks.co.za\/products\/9781838855277","provider":"Graffiti Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}