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Boy, Snow, Bird: A Novel Helen Oyeyemi
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)

Several tread in the realm of the mythic. Book's end you'll find yourself in a world wholly unlike the one you expected to find. May 2, 2014 - The novel is as stunning, complicated and magical as the women it presents. Mar 4, 2014 - Her writing is inspired by mythical tales and fables as is the case in her latest novel: Boy, Snow, Bird. Mar 4, 2014 - I was very excited when I got my hands on an advanced readers copy of Helen Oyeyemi's Boy, Snow Bird because I am always intrigued by re-tellings of fairy tales. She's not quite 30, yet British-Nigerian writer Helen Oyeyemi has already produced five uncommonly subtle, intelligent novels. Mar 14, 2014 - BOY, SNOW, BIRD by Helen Oyeyemi. Oyeyemi's imaginative originality into the enchanting tale of Snow White. Mar 5, 2014 - I'm glad I decided to read Helen Oyeyemi's Boy, Snow, Bird before I realized it was a riff on Snow White. May 22, 2014 - In her latest novel, Boy, Snow, Bird, Helen Oyeyemi uses loose allusions to fairy tales and folklore to examine race in mid-century America. Boy Snow Bird Helen Oyeyemi “Nobody ever warned me about mirrors,” begins Boy, the novel's eponymous narrator, and the story that follows is a dizzying exploration of race, gender, ethnicity, identity, and culture; like Oyeyemi's previous work, it's infused with both glorious fabulism and brutal truth. Boy, Snow, Bird Helen Oyeyemi Riverhead Books Hardcover, 320 pages, $27.95. Apr 10, 2014 - a character wonders in Helen Oyeyemi's new novel. The author has a few tricks up her sleeve to tackle this question in Boy, Snow, Bird—but could it be she tries to play too many cards in one book?