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Krótka historia Stowarzyszenia Nieurodziwych Dziewuch

Helen Oyeyemi (2016)

SubgenreFairy Tale Retelling
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Pages331 (Medium 300-500)
SettingSecondary World
Goodreads3.64/5 (14495)

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The stories collected here are linked by more than the exquisitely winding prose of their creator: Helen Oyeyemi's ensemble cast of characters slip from the pages of their own stories only to surface in another. The reader is invited into a world of lost libraries and locked gardens, of marshlands where the drowned dead live and a city where all the clocks have stopped; students hone their skills at puppet school, the Homely Wench Society commits a guerrilla book-swap, and lovers exchange books and roses on St Jordi's Day. It is a collection of towering imagination, marked by baroque beauty and a deep sensuousness.

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AdultFaeLGBTQ+Magical RealismQueer Fantasy