Author: Helen Oyeyemi
Title: What is Yours is Not Yours
Narrator: Ann Marie Gideon, Piter Marek, Bahni Turpin
Publication Info: Recorded Books (2016)
Summary/Review:
What is Yours is Not Yours is a collection of linked short stories, all of the stories including keys as a symbol, with some characters from earlier stories reappearing in later stories. Oyeyemi creates a wide diversity of characters and settings while keeping a natural flow that veers among the weird, humorous, and practical. The stories contain elements of magical realism and mythological ideas in a contemporary setting. This is one of those books where I feel I missed a lot of things in the reading and would definitely be worth revisiting.
Recommended books: Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russell
Rating: ***1/2
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