Gingerbread (Oyeyemi novel)

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Gingerbread
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First edition (US)
Author Helen Oyeyemi
LanguageEnglish
Publisher Picador (UK)
Riverhead Books (US)
Publication placeUnited Kingdom

Gingerbread is a 2019 novel by Helen Oyeyemi.

Writing and composition

Oyeyemi lives in Prague, and the local tradition of producing gingerbread, known as perník, inspired its inclusion in the book. [1]

Contents

Reception

According to Book Marks, the book received a "positive" consensus, based on twenty-three critics: nine "rave", twelve "positive", one "mixed", and one "pan". [2] On Books in the Media, the book was rated 3.57 out of 5, based on nine critic reviews. [3] In the May/June 2019 issue of Bookmarks , the book was scored four out of five. The magazine's critical summary reads: "Challenging, then, but also entrancing and rewarding". [4]

Eowyn Ivey, in a review for the New York Times Book Review , praised the book as "jarring, funny, surprising, unsettling, disorienting and rewarding." [5]

References

  1. ↑ Nudson, Rae (6 March 2019). "Helen Oyeyemi on 'Gingerbread,' Fairy Tales, and What Self-Branding Is Doing to Childhood". Longreads. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  2. ↑ "Gingerbread". Book Marks. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  3. ↑ "Gingerbread Reviews". Books in the Media. Archived from the original on 9 December 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  4. ↑ "Gingerbread" (PDF). Bookmarks. May–June 2019. p. 30. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  5. ↑ Ivey, Eowyn (6 March 2019). "Helen Oyeyemi Dishes Up Magic in Her New Novel, 'Gingerbread'". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
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