 First edition (US) | |
| Author | Helen Oyeyemi |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Picador (UK) Riverhead Books (US) |
Gingerbread is a 2019 novel by Helen Oyeyemi.
| First edition (US) | |
| Author | Helen Oyeyemi |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Picador (UK) Riverhead Books (US) |
Gingerbread is a 2019 novel by Helen Oyeyemi.
Oyeyemi lives in Prague, and the local tradition of producing gingerbread, known as perník, inspired its inclusion in the book. [1]
Eowyn Ivey, in a review for the New York Times Book Review , praised the book as "jarring, funny, surprising, unsettling, disorienting and rewarding." [2]
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