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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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- 0 of 2 copies available at Kenton County.
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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 |
- Baker & Taylor
The stories collected here 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 lostlibraries 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 roseson St Jordi's Day. It is a collection of towering imagination, marked by baroque beauty and a deep sensuousness. - Baker & Taylor
A collection of stories features entries about literal and metaphorical keys that open or shut the fates of lovers, the heart of a puppeteering student, and the doors of a house of locks that holds unobservable developments. - Baker & Taylor
A collection of stories by the award-winning author of Boy, Snow, Bird features entries about literal and metaphorical keys that open or shut the fates of lovers, the heart of a puppeteering student and the doors of a house of locks that holds unobservable developments. - Penguin Putnam
Winner of the PEN Open Book Award
An NPR Best Book of 2016
A Washington Post Notable Fiction Pick
A PBS NewsHour Best Book of 2016
A Slate Best Book of the Year
One of Esquire Magazineâs Best Books of 2016
One of Oprah.comâs 10 Favorite Books of 2016
"Transcendent." âThe New York Times Book Review
"Flawless. . . another masterpiece from an author who seems incapable of writing anything that's less than brilliant." âNPR
From the award-winning author of Boy, Snow, Bird and Mr. Fox comes an enchanting collection of intertwined stories.
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Playful, ambitious, and exquisitely imagined, What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours is cleverly built around the idea of keys, literal and metaphorical. The key to a house, the key to a heart, the key to a secretâOyeyemiâs keys not only unlock elements of her charactersâ lives, they promise further labyrinths on the other side. In âBooks and Rosesâ one special key opens a library, a garden, and clues to at least two loversâ fates. In âIs Your Blood as Red as This?â an unlikely key opens the heart of a student at a puppeteering school. ââSorryâ Doesnât Sweeten Her Teaâ involves a âhouse of locks,â where doors can be closed only with a keyâwith surprising, unobservable developments. And in âIf a Book Is Locked Thereâs Probably a Good Reason for That Don't You Think,â a key keeps a mystical diary locked (for good reason).
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Oyeyemiâs tales span multiple times and landscapes as they tease boundaries between coexisting realities. Is a key a gate, a gift, or an invitation? What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours captivates as it explores the many possible answers.