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Peaces

Peaces is a 2021 novel by Helen Oyeyemi. The novel takes place on a train with several passengers.

Peaces
First edition (Faber, 2021)
AuthorHelen Oyeyemi
LanguageEnglish
GenreSlipstream[1]
PublisherFaber and Faber
Publication date1 April 2021
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (paperback), e-book, audiobook
Pages272
ISBN978-0-571-36658-3 (paperback)
Dewey Decimal823/.92
LC ClassPR6115.Y49 P43 2021

Writing and composition

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Oyeyemi has said the novel "[tries] to have a bit of back and forth with" Can Xue's novels Love In The New Millennium and The Last Lover as well as the writings of Carl Jung.[2] The work of British writer Barbara Comyns also influenced the novel.[3] The novel takes place on a fictional train,[4] called the "Lucky Day" and Oyeyemi was "keen" from the outset of writing the book that it would be a "train book".[5] While researching trains to write the book, Oyeyemi visited several of Ludwig II of Bavaria's castles.[6]

Critical reception

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Sara Cutaia, in a review published by the Chicago Review of Books, referred to the novel as "delightfully weird and deliciously eccentric".[7] Reviewers at other outlets, including NPR and Vox, also positively referred to the novel as "weird".[8][9]

References

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  1. ↑ Manusos, Lyndsie. "Too Weird or Not Weird Enough: What is Slipstream?" Book Riot, 15 June 2021.
  2. ↑ Ukiomogbe, Juliana (6 April 2021). "Helen Oyeyemi on Why Writing is Like "Inner Space Travel"". Interview Magazine. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  3. ↑ Doll, Jen (5 February 2021). "Helen Oyeyemi Writes the Ups and Downs of Love". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  4. ↑ Kleeman, Alexandra (6 April 2021). "Helen Oyeyemi's New Novel Is Not a Fairy Tale". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  5. ↑ Iversen, Kristin (7 April 2021). "Helen Oyeyemi Finds the World of Her Novel on the Train". Literary Hub. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  6. ↑ Shaw, Helen (29 March 2021). "The Queen of Fractured Fairy Tales". Vulture. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  7. ↑ Cutaia, Sara (7 April 2021). "A Wild Ride Through the Mind in "PEACES"". Chicago Review of Books. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  8. ↑ Grady, Constance (8 April 2021). "Helen Oyeyemi's unsettling new novel Peaces starts weird and gets weirder". Vox. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  9. ↑ Iglesias, Gabino (7 April 2021). "Too Many 'Peaces' Overload An Otherwise Entertaining Story". NPR.org. Retrieved 19 April 2021.


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