Nobody ever warned me about mirrors, begins the girl narrator of boy, snow, bird a novel that is primarily. Boy, snow, bird is a retelling of snow white, and the wit and lyricism of helen oyeyemis prose shares the qualities of a fable. In seeking an understanding that is separate from the image each presents to the world, boy, snow, and bird confront the tyranny of the mirror to ask how much power surfaces really hold. The snow child by tina moss nook book ebook barnes. Books novelty, picture books and fiction nosy crow. Boy, snow, bird, by helen oyeyemi the washington post.
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It confirms helen oyeyemis place as one of the most original and dynamic literary voices. Retelling fairy tales is dicey business, and boy, snow, bird feels instead like its own story, derivative of nothing. Nobody ever warned me about mirrors, so for many years i was fond of them and believed them to be trustworthy. Narrator boy novak describes both the desperationtriggering circumstances in which shes raised at the hands of a violently abusive father, and her flight from both the city and her family of origin to flax hill, a. In the winter of 1953, boy novak arrives by chance in a small town in massachusetts, looking, she believes, for beauty the opposite of the life she s left behind in new york. In this magical debut, a couples lives are changed forever by. Id hide myself away inside them, setting two mirrors up to face each other so that when i stood between them i was infinitely reflected in either direction.
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