Parasol Against the Axe

Helen Oyeyemi

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Faber & Faber
01 April 2024

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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*'A writer of sentences so elegant that they gleam.' ALI SMITH'A writer we should be delirious to have as a contemporary.'INDEPENDENTThe new novel from the Goldsmiths Prize-shortlisted author Helen Oyeyemi.

Oyeyemi treats you to a kaleidoscopic weekend in Prague, as dazzling as it is effortlessly unique. Get lost in the story like you would an unfamiliar city and let it reward you with moments of philosophical clarity, wheelbarrow rides, raw emotion and raw onions.

This novel is a holiday, an adventure, a marvel and a guide. It is a story about the lies behind the lies we tell and a city as a living thing, sustained by the lives of its inhabitants. Suffused with warmth and joy, Parasol Against the Axe is a love letter to Prague, and to the art of storytelling.

By: Helen Oyeyemi
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Export - Airside ed
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 135mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 281g
ISBN: 9780571366637
ISBN 10: 0571366635
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 01 April 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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, What is Not Yours is Not Yours and Peaces, which was shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize. In 2013, Helen was included in Granta's Best of Young British Novelists.