What is not Yours is not Yours
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Books and roses -- "Sorry" doesn't sweeten her tea -- Is your blood as red as this? -- Drownings -- Presence -- A brief history of the homely wench society -- Dornicka and the St. Martin's Day goose -- Freddy Barrandov checks...in? -- If a book is locked there is probably a good reason for that don't you think.
The stories collected in What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours are linked by more than the exquisitely winding prose of their creator: Helen Oyeyemi's ensemble cast of characters slip from the pages of their own stories only to surface in another. The reader is invited into a world of lost libraries and locked gardens, of marshlands where the drowned dead live and a city where all the clocks have stopped; students hone their skills at puppet school, the Homely Wench Society commits a guerrilla book-swap, and lovers exchange books and roses on St Jordi's Day. It is a collection of towering imagination, marked by baroque beauty and a deep sensuousness.
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A treat to read submitted by Jinxyluis on July 24, 2018, 8:45am This book is weird and wonderful; it's just what I'd expect from Oyeyemi (and all the reasons she's such a favorite) while also completely unexpectable. I loved every one of these stories, and was geeked by the ways they connected to each other.
wonderful submitted by mirelly on August 6, 2020, 8:59pm What a great book! Wonderfully interesting characters and intriguing plots. "Is your blood as red as this?" was my favorite.
Obsessed submitted by steph0214 on August 27, 2023, 11:56pm I am obsessed with this book!! Beautiful writing and such creepy and cool stories. This was my first Oyeyemi and it has made me so excited to read more!
PUBLISHED
New York : Riverhead Books, [2016]
Year Published: 2016
Description: 325 pages ; 22 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781594634635
1594634637
SUBJECTS
Short stories.