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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Thorndike Pr
Publication date August 28, 2013
Pages 697
Binding Hardcover
Edition Large print
Book category Adult Fiction
ISBN-13 9781410460462
ISBN-10 1410460460
Dimensions 1.50 by 5.75 by 9 in.
Weight 1.66 lbs.
Original list price $31.99
Other format details large print
Summaries and Reviews
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A New York Times Bestseller

In Tokyo, sixteen-year-old Nao has decided there's only one escape from her aching loneliness and her classmates' bullying. But before she ends it , Nao plans to document the life of her great grandmother, a Buddhist nun who's lived more than a century. A diary is Nao's only solace. Across the Pacific Ruth, a novelist living on a remote island discovers artifacts washed ashore in a Hello Kitty lunchbox and is pulled into Nao's drama and her unknown fate.



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This edition contains multiple works--typically stories or entire novels--that are found in different collections. Below find each work in this edition grouped by how you can find each.
Editions for the work A Tale for the Time Being
Hardcover
Book cover for 9781410460462
 
The price comparison is for this edition
Large print edition from Thorndike Pr (August 28, 2013)
9781410460462 | details & prices | 697 pages | 5.75 × 9.00 × 1.50 in. | 1.66 lbs | List price $31.99
This edition also contains A Tale for the Time Being, A Tale for the Time Being
About: A New York Times BestsellerIn Tokyo, sixteen-year-old Nao has decided there's only one escape from her aching loneliness and her classmates' bullying.
Paperback
Book cover for 9780143124870 Book cover for 9781594136887
 
Large print edition from Large Print Pr (January 28, 2014)
9781594136887 | details & prices | 695 pages | 5.50 × 8.75 × 1.50 in. | 1.40 lbs | List price $17.99
This edition also contains A Tale for the Time Being, A Tale for the Time Being
from Penguin USA (December 31, 2013)
9780143124870 | details & prices | 422 pages | 5.50 × 8.50 × 1.25 in. | 0.98 lbs | List price $17.00
This edition also contains A Tale for the Time Being, A Tale for the Time Being
With Lloyd G. Reynolds | Abridged edition from Yale Univ Pr (April 1, 1986); titled "Economic Growth in the Third World: An Introduction"
CD/Spoken Word
Mp3 una edition from Blackstone Audio Inc (March 12, 2013)
9781470879082 | details & prices | 5.50 × 8.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.20 lbs | List price $29.95
Editions for the work A Tale for the Time Being
Hardcover
Book cover for 9781410460462
 
The price comparison is for this edition
Large print edition from Thorndike Pr (August 28, 2013)
9781410460462 | details & prices | 697 pages | 5.75 × 9.00 × 1.50 in. | 1.66 lbs | List price $31.99
This edition also contains A Tale for the Time Being, A Tale for the Time Being
About: A New York Times BestsellerIn Tokyo, sixteen-year-old Nao has decided there's only one escape from her aching loneliness and her classmates' bullying.
Paperback
Book cover for 9780143124870 Book cover for 9781594136887
 
Large print edition from Large Print Pr (January 28, 2014)
9781594136887 | details & prices | 695 pages | 5.50 × 8.75 × 1.50 in. | 1.40 lbs | List price $17.99
This edition also contains A Tale for the Time Being, A Tale for the Time Being
from Penguin USA (December 31, 2013)
9780143124870 | details & prices | 422 pages | 5.50 × 8.50 × 1.25 in. | 0.98 lbs | List price $17.00
This edition also contains A Tale for the Time Being, A Tale for the Time Being
With Lloyd G. Reynolds | Abridged edition from Yale Univ Pr (April 1, 1986); titled "Economic Growth in the Third World: An Introduction"
CD/Spoken Word
Book cover for 9781470879068
 
Unabridged edition from Blackstone Audio Inc (March 12, 2013); titled "A Tale for the Time Being: Library Edition"
9781470879068 | details & prices | 7.00 × 7.00 × 1.25 in. | 0.85 lbs | List price $80.00
About: A brilliant, unforgettable, and long-awaited novel from bestselling author Ruth Ozeki "A time being is someone who lives in time, and that means you, and me, and every one of us who is, or was, or ever will be.
Editions for the work A Tale for the Time Being
Hardcover
Book cover for 9780670026630 Book cover for 9781410460462
 
The price comparison is for this edition
Large print edition from Thorndike Pr (August 28, 2013)
9781410460462 | details & prices | 697 pages | 5.75 × 9.00 × 1.50 in. | 1.66 lbs | List price $31.99
This edition also contains A Tale for the Time Being, A Tale for the Time Being
About: A New York Times BestsellerIn Tokyo, sixteen-year-old Nao has decided there's only one escape from her aching loneliness and her classmates' bullying.
from Viking Pr (March 12, 2013)
9780670026630 | details & prices | 422 pages | 6.75 × 10.25 × 1.50 in. | 1.45 lbs | List price $28.95
Paperback
Book cover for 9780143124870 Book cover for 9781594136887
 
Large print edition from Large Print Pr (January 28, 2014)
9781594136887 | details & prices | 695 pages | 5.50 × 8.75 × 1.50 in. | 1.40 lbs | List price $17.99
This edition also contains A Tale for the Time Being, A Tale for the Time Being
from Penguin USA (December 31, 2013)
9780143124870 | details & prices | 422 pages | 5.50 × 8.50 × 1.25 in. | 0.98 lbs | List price $17.00
This edition also contains A Tale for the Time Being, A Tale for the Time Being
With Lloyd G. Reynolds | Abridged edition from Yale Univ Pr (April 1, 1986); titled "Economic Growth in the Third World: An Introduction"

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