Peaces
| File:Peaces (Helen Oyeyemi).png First edition (Faber, 2021) | |
| Author | Helen Oyeyemi |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Slipstream[1] |
| Publisher | Faber and Faber |
Publication date | 1 April 2021 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (paperback), e-book, audiobook |
| Pages | 272 |
| ISBN | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (paperback) |
| 823/.92 | |
| LC Class | PR6115.Y49 P43 2021 |
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Peaces is a 2021 novel by Helen Oyeyemi. The novel takes place on a train with several passengers.
Writing and composition
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]- ^ Manusos, Lyndsie. "Too Weird or Not Weird Enough: What is Slipstream?" Book Riot, 15 June 2021.
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