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White is for Witching - Large Print by  Helen Oyeyemi (Paperback) - 1 of 1

White is for Witching - Large Print by Helen Oyeyemi (Paperback)

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  • Winner of the Somerset Maugham AwardOne of Granta's Best Young British NovelistsFrom the acclaimed author of What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours, Gingerbread, and Peaces There's something strange about the Silver family house in the closed-off town of Dover, England.
  • About the Author: Helen Oyeyemi is the author of five novels, most recently White Is for Witching, which won a 2010 Somerset Maugham Award, Mr. Fox, which won a 2012 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, and Boy, Snow, Bird.
  • 304 Pages
  • Fiction + Literature Genres, Literary

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About the Book



"First published by Nan A. Talese/Doubleday: 2009"--Title page verso.



Book Synopsis



Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award

One of Granta's Best Young British Novelists

From the acclaimed author of What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours, Gingerbread, and Peaces

There's something strange about the Silver family house in the closed-off town of Dover, England. Grand and cavernous with hidden passages and buried secrets, it's been home to four generations of Silver women--Anna, Jennifer, Lily, and now Miranda, who has lived in the house with her twin brother, Eliot, ever since their father converted it to a bed-and-breakfast.

The Silver women have always had a strong connection, a pull over one another that reaches across time and space, and when Lily, Miranda's mother, passes away suddenly while on a trip abroad, Miranda begins suffering strange ailments. An eating disorder starves her. She begins hearing voices. When she brings a friend home, Dover's hostility toward outsiders physically manifests within the four walls of the Silver house, and the lives of everyone inside are irrevocably changed.

At once an unforgettable mystery and a meditation on race, nationality, and family legacies, White is for Witching is a boldly original, terrifying, and elegant novel by a prodigious talent.



Review Quotes




"[Oyeyemi] makes us glad to suspend disbelief."
--The New York Times Book Review

"Profoundly chilling . . . a slow-building neo-Gothic that will leave persevering readers breathless."
--The Boston Globe

"If you've been missing Shirley Jackson all these many years . . . here's a writer who seems to be a direct heir to that lamented one's gothic throne."
--The Austin Chronicle

"Superbly atmospheric. . . . The dark tones of Poe in her haunting have also the elasticity of Haruki Murakami's surreal mental landscapes."
--The Independent (UK)

"[Oyeyemi's] technical skill as a novelist is remarkable, her range of reference formidable and her use of language virtuosic."
--The Daily Telegraph (UK)

"Appealing from page one.... Unconventional, intoxicating and deeply disquieting."
--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Laced with thought-provoking story lines."
--Booklist



About the Author



Helen Oyeyemi is the author of five novels, most recently White Is for Witching, which won a 2010 Somerset Maugham Award, Mr. Fox, which won a 2012 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, and Boy, Snow, Bird. In 2013, she was named one of Granta's Best Young British Novelists. She lives in Prague.
Dimensions (Overall): 7.9 Inches (H) x 5.2 Inches (W) x 1.0 Inches (D)
Weight: .55 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 304
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Literary
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Format: Paperback
Author: Helen Oyeyemi
Language: English
Street Date: February 4, 2014
TCIN: 79270599
UPC: 9781594633072
Item Number (DPCI): 247-22-8235
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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