Pan Macmillan presents Helen Oyeyemi’s What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours. This exquisite collection of stories is for anyone who loves Allende and Marquez. Welcome to Helen’s world of lost places and lost people, of love and cruelty, of keys that haven’t found their locks .
Praise:
‘Oyeyemi’s imagination is impressive and vast . . . magnetic’ : Guardian
‘A truly exceptional work of fiction, by a writer we should be delirious to have as a contemporary’ Stuart Evers, : Independent
‘Transcendent . . . a universe that dazzles and wounds’ : New York Times
‘Alluring . . . the style and peculiar authority of this exceptional young writer will carry you carefully through the labyrinth and into a new and exciting literary landscape . . . If you are seduced by magical realism – particularly the novels of Allende and Marquez – you will savour Oyeyemi’s inventive tales’ : Daily Mail
‘Ethereal beauty and unexpected humour’ : Independent on Sunday
‘Beautifully broken tales with wonderfully flawed characters . . . painstakingly masterful . . enchanting . . . intriguing and magical’ : Stylist (Winner of Stylist Book Wars)
‘Curious, erotic, by turns dark and humorous; like the many secrets these stories reveal, Helen Oyeyemi’s imagination is ripe to be unlocked, revelled in and treasured’ : Literary Review
‘Oyeyemi has created a universe that dazzles and wounds’ : Scotland on Sunday
‘What is Not Yours is Not Yours is like a charmed set of Russian dolls: spellbound, we are gripped by the seamlessly joined stories unfolding from-and into-one another, as we wait for Oyeyemi to reach for her next bit of magic’ : Londonist
‘A collection of short stories, which will suck the reader into Oyeyeymi’s wild and surreal imagination’ : Red Magazine
‘Occasionally Gothic, sometimes fantastical, always captivating’ : Radio Times