for the time being

How does a book that starts as follows sound to you:

<snip> Hi! My name is Nao, and I am a time being. Do you know what a time being is? Well, if you give me a moment, I will tell you. 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. </snip>

The second sentence sort of reminded me of mahabharat: “main samay hun…” starting. But this isn’t like mahabharat at all.

This is a booker shortlist from an author called Ruth Ozeki: “A tale for the time being”

And for the time being I know that I will have a miserable Monday in the office – what with no sleep over the weekend reading some tale of a time being.