Gingerbread (Oyeyemi novel)

Gingerbread is a 2019 novel by Helen Oyeyemi.

Gingerbread
First edition (US)
AuthorHelen Oyeyemi
LanguageEnglish
PublisherPicador (UK)
Riverhead Books (US)
Publication placeUnited Kingdom

Writing and composition

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Oyeyemi lives in Prague, and the local tradition of producing gingerbread, known as perník, inspired its inclusion in the book.[1]

Reception

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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

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  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.