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

Eowyn Ivey, in a review for the New York Times Book Review , praised the book as "jarring, funny, surprising, unsettling, disorienting and rewarding." [2]

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. ↑ 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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