What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours
[United States] : Recorded Books, Inc., 2016.
Format: Eaudiobook
Edition: Unabridged.
Description: 1 online resource (1 audio file (7hr., 42 min.)) : digital.
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 creative vision and storytelling are effervescent, wise, and insightful, and her 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.
Other Authors:
Turpin, Bahni, reader.
Gideon, Ann Marie, reader.
Marek, Piter, reader.
hoopla digital.
Turpin, Bahni, reader.
Gideon, Ann Marie, reader.
Marek, Piter, reader.
hoopla digital.
Subjects:
Legends -- Fiction.
Literature -- Fiction.
Magic realism (Literature) -- Fiction.
Mythology -- Fiction.
Short stories
Legends -- Fiction.
Literature -- Fiction.
Magic realism (Literature) -- Fiction.
Mythology -- Fiction.
Short stories
ISBN:
9781501905377
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Read by Bahni Turpin, Ann Marie Gideon, Piter Marek.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Read by Bahni Turpin, Ann Marie Gideon, Piter Marek.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.