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When you pay enough attention, you just know when an author has taken full command of her powers, and you realize that the future only offers a treasure trove of riches.
Maybe she had a good debut novel, a so-so sophomore outing, but around the third or fourth book, they start putting out work on an entirely different level, and there’s very little looking back.
Of course, there is also the opposite of that: a writer who bursts out of the gate with one or two instant classics, only to lose steam after that. You continue reading their books in hopes that they’ll recapture their former glory — and maybe they do once a decade or so — but it’s never as good as the early stuff. Helen Oyeyemi is neither of those writers. … Read More
Maybe she had a good debut novel, a so-so sophomore outing, but around the third or fourth book, they start putting out work on an entirely different level, and there’s very little looking back.
Of course, there is also the opposite of that: a writer who bursts out of the gate with one or two instant classics, only to lose steam after that. You continue reading their books in hopes that they’ll recapture their former glory — and maybe they do once a decade or so — but it’s never as good as the early stuff. Helen Oyeyemi is neither of those writers. … Read More
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