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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Oyeyemi, Helen (1984-....)
Titre(s) : Gingerbread [Texte imprimé] / Helen Oyeyemi
Publication : London : Picador, 2018
Description matérielle : 290 pages ; 23 cm
Note(s) : "Perdita Lee may appear your average British schoolgirl; Harriet Lee may seem just
a working mother trying to penetrate the school social hierarchy; but there are signs
that they might not be as normal as they think they are. For one thing, they share
a gold-painted, seventh-floor flat with some surprisingly verbal vegetation. And then
there's the gingerbread they make. Londoners may find themselves able to take or leave
it, but it's very popular in Druhastrana, the far-away (and, according to Wikipedia,
non-existent) land of Harriet Lee's early youth. In fact, the world's truest lover
of the Lee family gingerbread is Harriet's charismatic childhood friend, Gretel Kercheval
- a figure who seems to have had a hand in everything (good or bad) that has happened
to Harriet since they met. Decades later, when teenaged Perdita sets out to find her
mother's long-lost friend, it prompts a new telling of Harriet's story, as well as
a reunion or two. As the book follows the Lees through encounters with jealousy, ambition,
family grudges, work, wealth, and real estate, gingerbread seems to be the one thing
that reliably holds a constant value."--Provided by publisher
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781447299431. - ISBN 1447299434. - ISBN 9781447299417. - ISBN 1447299418
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb457104689
Notice n° :
FRBNF45710468
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