Bibliograph

What is not yours is not yours, stories, Helen Oyeyemi

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What is not yours is not yours, stories, Helen Oyeyemi

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

short stories

Main title

What is not yours is not yours

Oclc number

941758750

Responsibility statement

Helen Oyeyemi

Sub title

stories

Summary

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 secret—Oyeyemi’s keys not only unlock elements of her characters’ lives, they promise further labyrinths on the other side. In “Books and Roses” one special key opens a library, a garden, and clues to at least two lovers’ fates. In “Is Your Blood as Red as This?” an unlikely key opens the heart of a student at a puppeteering school. “‘Sorry’ Doesn’t Sweeten Her Tea” involves a “house of locks,” where doors can be closed only with a key—with surprising, unobservable developments. And in “If a Book Is Locked There’s Probably a Good Reason for That Don't You Think,” a key keeps a mystical diary locked (for good reason)

Target audience

general

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What's not yours isn't yours

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