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Zusatztext A love story like no other: ‘so vivid and inventive, its pages almost glow. Informationen zum Autor Helen Oyeyemi is the author of The Icarus Girl , The Opposite House , White is for Witching (which won the Somerset Maugham Award), Mr Fox , Boy, Snow, Bird , Gingerbread and the short story collection What is Not Yours is Not Yours . In 2013, Helen was included in Granta 's Best of Young British Novelists. Klappentext 'Oyeyemi reveals a twinkling sense of humour . . . A delight' Independent Mr Fox, by award-winning author Helen Oyeyemi, is an beautiful and immersive exploration of the labyrinthine world of imagination, storytelling and love. It's a bright afternoon in 1938 and Mary Foxe is in a confrontational mood. St John Fox, celebrated novelist, hasn't seen her in six years. He's unprepared for her afternoon visit, not least because she doesn't exist. He's infatuated with her. But he also made her up. "You're a villain," she tells him. "A serial killer . . . can you grasp that?" Will Mr Fox meet his muse's challenge, to stop murdering his heroines and explore something of love? What will his wife Daphne think of this sudden change in her husband? Can there be a happy ending - this time? Helen Oyeyemi draws on myth, fairytale and fable for this extraordinary novel exploring the female muse. Zusammenfassung Helen Oyeyemi draws on myth, fairytale and fable for this extraordinary novel exploring the female muse.
