Book
What is not yours is not yours : stories
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- ISBN: 9781594634635
- ISBN: 1594634637
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Physical Description:
325 pages ; 22 cm
print - Publisher: New York : Riverhead Books, [2016]
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
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| Genre: | Short stories. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Covington Branch | OYEYE H (Text) | 33126020273136 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 05/03/2024 |
| Independence Branch | OYEYE H (Text) | 33126022021384 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 04/01/2024 |
- Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2015 October #1
One of Granta's Best Young British Novelists and, most recently, a 2014 Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist for Boy, Snow, Bird, Oyeyemi gets even more exquisite with this first collection of short stories. The key to the collection is, in fact, keys, whether to a real door or to someone's interior life; in "Books and Roses," for instance, a single key opens the way to a library, a garden, and the lives of two lovers.
[Page 54]. (c) Copyright 2015 Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. - Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2015 November #1
The prolific and immensely talented Oyeyemi presents fantastical short stories that all revolve around a key, whether literal or metaphorical. (Prepub Alert, 9/15/15)
[Page 100]. (c) Copyright 2015 Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. - School Library Journal Reviews : SLJ Reviews 2016 September
Keys are central to the short stories in this collection; they can either open or lock away something of significance for the characters. All of the tales are intertwined with themes of search and possible retrieval, which will draw young adult readers into worlds that are sometimes secretive and sometimes elusive; they will be able to easily identify with that search of self that so often comes with adolescence. The characters are relatable to YA readers, from the young woman looking for her long-lost mother and heritage to the hopeful music fan wanting to find the best in a broken artist. These worlds and characters are complex and passionate, and readers will find themselves longing for more once the stories end. Even though the settings are quite strange (a locked library, a city of stopped clocks, a marshland of the drowned), there's a complexity here and the brilliant prose gently pulls readers in, encouraging them to identify with the characters. VERDICT A must-add to libraries, this work will appeal to fans of literary fiction.âApril Sanders, Spring Hill College, Mobile, AL. Copyright 2016 School Library Journal.