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A review by declaired
Mr. Fox by Helen Oyeyemi
4.0
I have read half of one Oyeyemi and all of this one, and I have to say that she is a fantastic writer. Everyone needs to jump into something she's written. I am not sure that it matters what because they all seem to be amazing?
this one dealt, I suppose, mostly with themes about violence against women in storytelling, fiction and reality, love and violence. also very postmodern in formatting, where the stories flow into each other and reality. it's very dreamy with the occasional startlingly quite true observation.
OH RIGHT and somehow it is the story of Bluebeard the wife murderer which is maybe something to know going in, and also why I marked this under "fairy tales." there is an explicit retelling in there but I think the whole book picks up on the themes of the story.
everyone go read an Oyeyemi!
this one dealt, I suppose, mostly with themes about violence against women in storytelling, fiction and reality, love and violence. also very postmodern in formatting, where the stories flow into each other and reality. it's very dreamy with the occasional startlingly quite true observation.
OH RIGHT and somehow it is the story of Bluebeard the wife murderer which is maybe something to know going in, and also why I marked this under "fairy tales." there is an explicit retelling in there but I think the whole book picks up on the themes of the story.
everyone go read an Oyeyemi!