WHAT IS NOT YOURS IS NOT YOURS

ISBN: 9781594634642
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Playful, ambitious, and exquisitely imagined, What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours is cleverly built around the idea of keys, literal and metaphorical. The key to a house, the key to a heart, the key to a secret—Oyeyemi’s keys not only unlock elements of her characters’ lives, they promise further labyrinths on the other side. In “Books and Roses” one special key opens a library, a garden, and clues to at least two lovers’ fates. In “Is Your Blood as Red as This?” an unlikely key opens the heart of a student at a puppeteering school. “‘Sorry’ Doesn’t Sweeten Her Tea” involves a “house of locks,” where doors can be closed only with a key—with surprising, unobservable developments. And in “If a Book Is Locked There’s Probably a Good Reason for That Don't You Think,” a key keeps a mystical diary locked (for good reason).
 
Oyeyemi’s tales span multiple times and landscapes as they tease boundaries between coexisting realities. Is a key a gate, a gift, or an invitation? What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours captivates as it explores the many possible answers.

Product details

  • Publisher : Riverhead Books; Reprint edition (March 7, 2017)
  • Language : English
  • Paperback : 352 pages
  • ISBN-10 : 1594634645
  • ISBN-13 : 978-1594634642
  • Lexile measure : 1040L
  • Item Weight : 9.6 ounces
  • Dimensions : 5.16 x 0.9 x 8 inches
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