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Parasol against the axe / Helen Oyeyemi.
"This novel will make the city of Prague the shapeshifting, center-stage character of its story"-- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9780735241398 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 256 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Toronto, ON : Hamish Hamilton, 2024.
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| Subject: | Books > Fiction. Female friendship > Fiction. Friendship > Fiction. Shapeshifting > Fiction. Storytelling > Fiction. Prague (Czech Republic) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Magic realist fiction. Novels. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Oyeye | 31681010362903 | FICTION | Available | - |
- Penguin Putnam
NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR BY ELLE, THE SEATTLE TIMES, LITERARY HUB, THE MILLIONS AND MORE!
âA shape-shifting novel about the power of stories . . . Helen Oyeyemi is a literary pied piperâher voice is the kind that readers gamely follow into the most bewildering and unnerving of situations.â âThe New York Times Book Review
A tale of competitive friendship, elastic storytelling, and the meddling influence of a city called Prague.
In Helen Oyeyemiâs joyous new novel, the Czech capital is a living thingâone that can let you in or spit you out.
For reasons of her own, Hero Tojosoa accepts an invitation she was half expected to decline, and finds herself in Prague on a bachelorette weekend hosted by her estranged friend, Sofie Cibulkova. Little does she know sheâs arrived in a city with a penchant for playing tricks on the unsuspecting. A book Hero has brought with her seems to be warping her mind: the text changes depending on when itâs being read and whoâs doing the reading, revealing startling new stoÂries of fictional Praguers past and present. UnÂinvited companions appear at bachelorette activities and at city landmarks, offering opinÂions, humor, and even a taste of treachery. When a third woman from Hero and Sofieâs past apÂpears unexpectedly, the tensions between the friendsâ different accounts of the past reach a new level.
An adventurous, kaleidoscopic novel, Parasol Against the Axe considers the lines between ilÂlusion and delusion, fact and interpretation, and weighs the risks of attaching too firmly to the stories of a place, or a person, or a shared hisÂtory. How much is a tale influenced by its reader, or vice versa? And finally, in a battle between friends, is it better to be the parasol or the axe?
