Peaces
LC Class | PR6115.Y49 P43 2021 | |
Peaces is a 2021 novel by Helen Oyeyemi. The novel takes place on a train with several passengers.
Writing and composition
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.[1] The work of British writer Barbara Comyns also influenced the novel.[2] The novel takes place on a fictional train,[3] called the "Lucky Day" and Oyeyemi was "keen" from the outset of writing the book that it would be a "train book".[4] While researching trains to write the book, Oyeyemi visited several of Ludwig II of Bavaria's castles.[5]
Critical reception
Sara Cutaia, in a review published by the Chicago Review of Books, referred to the novel as "delightfully weird and deliciously eccentric".[6] Reviewers at other outlets, including NPR and Vox, also positively referred to the novel as "weird".[7][8]
References
- ^ Ukiomogbe, Juliana (6 April 2021). "Helen Oyeyemi on Why Writing is Like "Inner Space Travel"". Interview Magazine. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ Doll, Jen (5 February 2021). "Helen Oyeyemi Writes the Ups and Downs of Love". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ Kleeman, Alexandra (6 April 2021). "Helen Oyeyemi's New Novel Is Not a Fairy Tale". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ^ Iversen, Kristin (7 April 2021). "Helen Oyeyemi Finds the World of Her Novel on the Train". Literary Hub. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ^ Shaw, Helen (29 March 2021). "The Queen of Fractured Fairy Tales". Vulture. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ Cutaia, Sara (7 April 2021). "A Wild Ride Through the Mind in "PEACES"". Chicago Review of Books. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ Grady, Constance (8 April 2021). "Helen Oyeyemi's unsettling new novel Peaces starts weird and gets weirder". Vox. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ^ Iglesias, Gabino (7 April 2021). "Too Many 'Peaces' Overload An Otherwise Entertaining Story". NPR.org. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
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