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| Author | Helen Oyeyemi |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Picador (UK) Riverhead Books (US) |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
Gingerbread is a 2019 novel by Helen Oyeyemi.
Writing and composition
Oyeyemi lives in Prague, and the local tradition of producing gingerbread, known as perník, inspired its inclusion in the book.
Reception
Eowyn Ivey, in a review for the New York Times Book Review, praised the book as "jarring, funny, surprising, unsettling, disorienting and rewarding."
References
- Nudson, Rae (6 March 2019). "Helen Oyeyemi on 'Gingerbread,' Fairy Tales, and What Self-Branding Is Doing to Childhood". Longreads. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- Ivey, Eowyn (6 March 2019). "Helen Oyeyemi Dishes Up Magic in Her New Novel, 'Gingerbread'". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
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