The Book of Form and Emptiness is praised by judges for its ‘sparkling writing, warmth, intelligence and poignancy’
Ruth Ozeki’s fourth novel, The Book of Form and Emptiness, has won the Women’s prize for fiction.
The novelist, filmmaker and Zen Buddhist priest takes the £30,000 award for a book that stood out for its sparkling writing, warmth, intelligence, humour and poignancy”, according to the chair of judges, Mary Ann Sieghart.
