What is Not Yours is Not Yours
- Kategoria:
- fantasy, science fiction
- Tytuł oryginału:
- What is Not Yours is Not Yours
- Wydawnictwo:
- Riverhead Books
- Data wydania:
- 2016-03-08
- Data 1. wydania:
- 2016-03-08
- Liczba stron:
- 325
- Czas czytania
- 5 godz. 25 min.
- Język:
- angielski
- ISBN:
- 1594634637
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).
Oyeyemi’s tales span multiple times and landscapes as they tease boundaries between coexisting realities. Is a key a gate, a gift, or an invitation?