Summary įollowing the death of his father, Benny Oh, a Canadian boy of Japanese-Korean descent, begins hearing voices calling out from inanimate objects. Ozeki previously spent time in the system's central branch researching her 1998 debut novel, My Year of Meats'. The library that plays a central role in the story is based on Vancouver Public Library. Ozeki took eight years to write the book. The death of Ozeki's father also shaped the book. A question from a Zen parable "do insentient beings speak the dharma?” formed the central theme of the narrative. The novel was partially inspired by Zen Buddhism. The story follows a boy who hears voices from inanimate objects while the narrative explores themes of mental illness and bereavement. Ozeki's fourth novel, the book won the 2022 Women's Prize for Fiction. The Book of Form and Emptiness is a novel by American author Ruth Ozeki, published in 2021 by Viking.
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