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Miranda is at home — homesick, home sick..."As a child, Miranda Silver developed pica, a rare eating disorder that causes its victims to consume nonedible substances. The death of her mother when Miranda is sixteen exacerbates her condition; nothing, however, satisfies a strange hunger passed down through the women in her family. And then there's the family house in Dover, England, converted to a bed-and-breakfast by Miranda's father. Dover has long been known for its hostility toward outsiders. But The Silver House manifests a more conscious malice toward strangers, dispatching those visitors it despises. Enraged by the constant stream of foreign staff and guests, the house finally unleashes its most destructive power.
With distinct originality and grace, and an extraordinary gift for making the fantastic believable, Helen Oyeyemi spins the politics of family and nation into a riveting and unforgettable mystery.
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"Oyeyemi's style is as engimatic as her plot....[A] challenging read laced with thought-provoking story lines that end, like Miranda's fate, mysteriously." Booklist
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"[E]erie and compelling....Readers who like paranormal tales and family secrets, told in an experimental style, will enjoy this novel." Library Journal
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"Although she may rely on some too familiar narrative ploys, Oyeyemi clearly appreciates that some crimes...are so heinous that the conventions of realist fiction seem woefully inadequate to describe them. She makes us glad to suspend disbelief." The New York Times Book Review
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"Profoundly chilling...a slow-building neo-Gothic that will leave persevering readers breathless." The Boston Globe
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"Chilling...lyrical....If you've been missing Shirley Jackson all these many years, missing the creepy character-driven goodness of We Have Always Lived in the Castle and Hangsaman, here's a writer who seems to be a direct heir to that lamented one's gothic throne." The Austin Chronicle
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With distinct originality and grace, and an extraordinary gift for making the fantastic believable, Oyeyemi spins the politics of family and nation into a riveting and unforgettable tale.
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Winner of the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Fiction One of Grantas Best Young British Novelists
From the acclaimed author of Boy, Snow, Bird
Fairytale romances end with a wedding. The fairytales that dont get more complicated. In this book, celebrated writer Mr. Fox cant stop himself from killing off the heroines of his novels, and neither can his wife, Daphne. Its not until Mary, his muse, comes to life and transforms him from author into subject that his story begins to unfold differently. Meanwhile, Daphne becomes convinced that her husband is having an affair, and finds her way into Mary and Mr. Foxs game. And so Mr. Fox is offered a choice: Will it be a life with the girl of his dreams, or a life with an all-too-real woman who delights him more than he cares to admit?
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Winner of the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Fiction
Fairytale romances end with a wedding. The fairytales that dont get more complicated. In this book, celebrated writer Mr. Fox cant stop himself from killing off the heroines of his novels, and neither can his wife, Daphne. Its not until Mary, his muse, comes to life and transforms him from author into subject that his story begins to unfold differently. Meanwhile, Daphne becomes convinced that her husband is having an affair, and finds her way into Mary and Mr. Foxs game. And so Mr. Fox is offered a choice: Will it be a life with the girl of his dreams, or a life with an all-too-real woman who delights him more than he cares to admit?
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Winner of the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Fiction
Fairytale romances end with a wedding. The fairytales that dont get more complicated. In this book, celebrated writer Mr. Fox cant stop himself from killing off the heroines of his novels, and neither can his wife, Daphne. Its not until Mary, his muse, comes to life and transforms him from author into subject that his story begins to unfold differently. Meanwhile, Daphne becomes convinced that her husband is having an affair, and finds her way into Mary and Mr. Foxs game. And so Mr. Fox is offered a choice: Will it be a life with the girl of his dreams, or a life with an all-too-real woman who delights him more than he cares to admit?
About the Author
Helen Oyeyemi is the author of five novels, most recently White Is for Witching, which won a 2010 Somerset Maugham Award, and Mr. Fox, which won a 2012 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award. In 2013, she was named one of Granta���������s Best Young British Novelists.