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Peaces
''Peaces'' is a 2021 novel by Helen Oyeyemi. The novel takes place on a train with several passengers. Writing and composition Oyeyemi has said the novel "[tries] to have a bit of back and forth with" Can Xue, Can Xue's novels ''Love In The New Millennium'' and ''The Last Lover'' as well as the writings of Carl Jung. The work of British writer Barbara Comyns also influenced the novel. The novel takes place on a fictional train, called the "Lucky Day" and Oyeyemi was "keen" from the outset of writing the book that it would be a "train book". While researching trains to write the book, Oyeyemi visited several of Ludwig II of Bavaria, Ludwig II of Bavaria's castles. Critical reception Sara Cutaia, in a review published by the ''Chicago Review of Books'', referred to the novel as "delightfully weird and deliciously eccentric". Reviewers at other outlets, including NPR and ''Vox (website), Vox'', also positively referred to the novel as "weird". References 2021 British novels E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Oyeyemi
Helen Oyeyemi FRSL (born 10 December 1984) is a British novelist and writer of short stories. Life Oyeyemi was born in Nigeria and was raised in Lewisham, South London from when she was four. Oyeyemi wrote her first novel, '' The Icarus Girl'', while studying for her A-levels at Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School. She attended Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Since 2014 her home has been in Prague. Career While she was in college, Oyeyemi's plays ''Juniper's Whitening'' and ''Victimese'' were performed by fellow students and later published by Methuen in 2014. In 2007, Bloomsbury published Oyeyemi's second novel, '' The Opposite House'', which is inspired by Cuban mythology. Her third novel, '' White Is for Witching'', was published by Picador in May 2009. It was a 2009 Shirley Jackson Award finalist and won a 2010 Somerset Maugham Award. In 2009, Oyeyemi was recognized as one of the women on Venus Zine's "25 under 25" list. Her fourth novel, '' Mr Fox'', was published by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |