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THE GUARDIAN names THE BOOK OF FORM AND EMPTINESS as best fiction of 2021

December 10, 2021 Molly Schulman

December 4, 2021
The Guardian | by Justine Jordan
Best fiction of 2021

In Book of Form & Emptiness Tags Reviews
← American Library Association's Booklist names THE BOOK OF FORM AND EMPTINESS as one of the Most Outstanding Books of 2021CBC names THE BOOK OF FORM AND EMPTINESS as best Canadian fiction of 2021 →
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of what others abhor
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the things they like.

—Sei Shonagon, The Pillow Book
circa 1000 AD

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—Ruth Ozeki, Weblog
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“There are eleven great planetary gyres,” he said. “The flotsam that rides the gyres is called drift. Drift that stays in the orbit of the gyre is considered to be part of the gyre memory. The rate of escape from the gyre determines the half-life of drift.…”

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“The Library seemed different now. When he reached Level Nine, his feet, acting out of habit, took him toward the precipitous footbridge and the improbable nook, but when he approached, he saw that his carrel was occupied by someone else…. The cold wind rising up from the Bindery made him shiver. He listened for the faint, hopeful voice he’d heard that night, but all he could hear was the wind.”

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