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Boy, Snow, Bird
by Helen Oyeyemi
Riverhead, US$27.95
Publishes March 6, 2014
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What we think
It would not be accurate to call Boy, Snow, Bird a modern reimagining of "Snow White," the Grimm Brothers' warning against vanity. The broad strokes are all there: Irrational dislike prompts a stepmother to banish her pleasant stepdaughter to a faraway land. But Helen Oyeyemi's fifth novel is at once more complex and more precise than the original story. Continue reading...
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