Outsiders are unwelcome, particularly people of color and immigrants, and the house uses its mysterious supernatural attributes to get those people to flee. Jaws dropped once more…when the Nigerian-born wunderkind followed it up with the equally acclaimed The Opposite House. “White is for witching, a colour to be worn so that all other colours can enter you, so that you may use them. Her prose is otherwise confident and restrained. Riprova a effettuare la richiesta più tardi. Their Haitian mother dies and they are raised by their French father in England. I appreciate that may make sense by the end but I just found it too tedious trying to understand what was going on to waste time reading any further. I can’t say that I am happy that I stuck with it. She is sharply amusing on the strangeness of the ordinary world…. She is currently at work on her fourth novel. Anche terzi autorizzati utilizzano queste tecnologie in relazione alla nostra visualizzazione di annunci pubblicitari. This gives her power. Having read two of her books, I have to conclude that her writing style and stories are not for me. Oyeyemi's style is as enigmatic as her plot…. All is not well with the house, either, which creaks and grumbles and malignly confuses visitors in its mazy rooms, forcing winter apples in the garden when the branches should be bare. Recensito nel Regno Unito il 16 agosto 2020. White is for witching / Helen Oyeyemi. © 2010-2021, Amazon.com, Inc. o società affiliate. Generations of women inhabit its walls. Scopri tutti i libri, leggi le informazioni sull'autore e molto altro. There is no doubt that Oyeyemi is a formidable talent. "—The Independent "Oyeyemi is a writer who moves easily between the literary, the demotic and the supernatural…. And Miranda, with her new appetite for chalk and her keen sense for spirits, is more attuned to them than she is to her brother and father. I finished this, but even at three-quarters of the way through the book I still wanted to stop. Riprova. Overall, despite some frustrations with it, I found it a quirky, slightly challenging read, and I'd recommend it to those who like ghost stories. ISBN 978-0-670-06857-9 I. A strange and beautiful book which I will be thinking about for a long time. White Is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi – eBook Details. The novel, Oyeyemi's third, won a 2010 Somerset Maugham Award. Un viaggio nei racconti epici dell’A... La Stirpe del Fuoco: Una Novella Mitologica, La Selvatica: L'orso delle sei rose abbatte il trono dei tre gigli di sangue. Her novel White Is for Witching was a 2009 Shirley Jackson Award finalist and won a 2010 Somerset Maugham Award. "—The Scotsman "Cleverly, Oyeyemi engineers the narrative so that the novel reflects not only a teenager's solipsism but also her furious energy and capacity to attract harm…. Se non intendi accettare tutti i cookie o vorresti saperne di più su come utilizziamo i cookie, seleziona "Personalizza i cookie", In a vast, mysterious house on the cliffs near Dover, the Silver family is reeling from the hole punched into its heart. 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. Si è verificato un errore. 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. Her mental state is precarious, perhaps even psychotic, and she suffers from pica, a dangerous disorder marked by a craving Perhaps this just too clever for me or perhaps all the rave reviews are a case of the emperor's new clothes but I gave up about a quarter of the way in. This is a spine-tingling tale that has Gothic roots but an utterly modern sensibility. Purtroppo un po' difficile da tradurre da soli. Utilizziamo cookie e altre tecnologie simili per migliorare la tua esperienza di acquisto, per fornire i nostri servizi, per capire come i nostri clienti li utilizzano in modo da poterli migliorare e per visualizzare annunci pubblicitari, anche in baseai tuoi interessi. (Inglese) Copertina rigida – Deckle Edge, 23 giugno 2009, Visualizza tutti i formati e le edizioni. Yet the palpable aura of claustrophobic dread and menace urges the reader to conclude that the author casts the most powerful spell. I say mostly, because parts of the novel are also told in a general narrator type POV, by the house (hah) as well as Miranda's friend, Ore. Her story collection What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours was published in 2016. Utilizziamo cookie e altre tecnologie simili per migliorare la tua esperienza di acquisto, per fornire i nostri servizi, per capire come i nostri clienti li utilizzano in modo da poterli migliorare e per visualizzare annunci pubblicitari, anche in baseai tuoi interessi. HELEN OYEYEMI is the author of The Icarus Girl and The Opposite House, whichThe Times (London) named as one of best novels of the year and which was recently short-listed for the 2008 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for fiction. Even so, it is no small undertaking for an author to try to situate herself in the legacy of the Brontës, even if she is only part of the way there. Told by a quartet of crystalline voices, it is electrifying in its expression of myth and memory, loss and magic, fear and love. In the end, this isn't a fantasy about ghosts and witches. Non è stato possibile aggiungere l'articolo alla Lista. They live in a house that has been in their mother’s family for generations. In all, a challenging read laced with thought-provoking story lines that end, like Miranda's fate, mysteriously. Title. This is borne out in White Is for Witching, which is thick with references to different traditions – from African-Caribbean folklore to Shakespeare, Lewis Carroll and Poe (one is reminded particularly of Elizabeth Bowen’s The Last September, in which the inhabitants of a grand old house are all, in their different ways, suffocated by its history). A mysterious novel, and a delightful read, Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 10 settembre 2018. —Glamour. Told mostly by Miranda's twin, Eliot, White is For Witching explores the tragic tale of Miranda Silvers, the girl with pica, who is slowly fading away after the death of her mother, Lily. Riprova. Grand and cavernous with hidden passages and buried secrets, it’s been home to four generations of Silver women—Anna, Jennifer, Lily, and now Miranda, who has lived in the house with her twin brother, Eliot, ever since their father converted it to a bed-and-breakfast. Already her technical skill as a novelist is remarkable, her range of reference formidable and her use of language virtuosic. Miranda is at homehomesick, home sick ...As a child, Miranda Silver developed pica, a rare eating disorder that causes its victims to consume nonedible substances. Helen Oyeyemi is the author of five novels, most recently White Is for Witching, which won a 2010 Somerset Maugham Award, Mr. Fox, which won a 2012 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, and Boy, Snow, Bird.In 2013, she was named one of Granta's Best Young British Novelists.She lives in Prague. She's particularly sharp at portraying the inner life of a troubled adolescent and the alienation of immigrants…. At an age when most teenagers are content to cultivate love bites and scribble initials on pencil cases she burst on to the literary scene with her dazzling debut novel The Icarus Girl. Dopo aver visualizzato le pagine di dettaglio del prodotto, guarda qui per trovare un modo facile per tornare alle pagine che ti interessano. White is for Witching is a mesmerizing Gothic tale from the phenomenally talented author of The Icarus Girl, Helen Oyeyemi. Il nostro sistema considera elementi quali la recente recensione e se il revisore ha acquistato l'articolo su Amazon. People really like this author and she gets a lot of positive buzz. Haunting in every sense, White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi is a spine-tingling tribute to the power of magic, myth and memory. The White Is for Witching Community Note includes chapter-by-chapter summary and analysis, character list, theme list, historical context, author biography and quizzes written by community members like you. —Publishers Weekly, starred review "Chilling…lyrical…. Questo articolo non può essere acquistato con 1-Click. The dark tones of Poe in her haunting have also the elasticity of Haruki Murakami's surreal mental landscapes. Lily is gone and her twins, Miranda and Eliot, and her husband, the gentle Luc, mourn her absence with unspoken intensity. “White is for witching, a colour to be worn so that all other colours can enter you, so that you may use them. Si è verificato un errore. Il nostro sistema considera elementi quali la recente recensione e se il revisore ha acquistato l'articolo su Amazon. ""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 Daily Telegraph "A weirdly compelling mix of modern gothic, matriarchal magic and coming-of-age tale that weaves the supernatural and mother-daughter relations deep into its fabric. And then theres the family house in Dover, England, converted to a bed-and-breakfast by Mirandas father. Per calcolare la valutazione complessiva in stelle e la ripartizione percentuale per stella, non usiamo una media semplice. Recensito nel Regno Unito il 24 luglio 2020. Tutti i titoli ed i bestseller del momento. As adept as she is at the Gothic, Oyeyemi also subverts its conventions. Stai ascoltando un campione dell'edizione audio udibile. Compra White Is for Witching. Yet, for all this trickery, Oyeyemi's writing is vividly emotional…. These are the true ending, I feel. Non è stato possibile aggiungere l'articolo alla Lista. I was immediately irritated by the way the book started as though I'd opened it halfway through and didn't have a clue what was going on as generally the job of the first chapter is to draw the reader in to find out more. Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 16 agosto 2019. Si è verificato un problema durante il salvataggio delle preferenze relative ai cookie. I picked this up as I'm immersing myself in all kinds of ghost stories just now (because I'm writing one myself). © 2010-2021, Amazon.com, Inc. o società affiliate. At a pinch, cream will do.” ― Helen Oyeyemi, White is for Witching Edizione e-book perfetta. White Is for Witching, and Oyeyemi interrogates the relations of consumption on both a personal and a national level. of the heroine, Miranda Silver. I loved the way the ghostly aspects were woven in so matter-of-factly. —Helen Oyeyemi 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. I liked how suddenly we see characters from someone else's point of view, and they are not as we'd thought....literally, physically different. "[Oyeyemi] knows that ghost stories aren't just for kids. White is for witching, a colour to be worn so that all other colours can enter you, so that you may use them. Recensito nel Regno Unito il 27 novembre 2020. —Seattle Post-Intelligencer "Helen Oyeyemi leaves you obsessed with her characters and in awe of her talent." High on the cliffs near Dover, the Silver family is reeling from the loss of Lily, mother of twins Eliot and Miranda, and beloved wife of Luc. White Is for Witching is written so elliptically that it can be hard to follow. I loved it. Tutti i titoli ed i bestseller del momento, Serpent and dove. "—The Austin Chronicle "Spooky and thought provoking…. Analizza anche le recensioni per verificare l'affidabilità. And the ending circled back to the beginning so I feel like I literally read this for no reason whatsoever at all. Articoli visualizzati di recente e suggerimenti in primo piano, Seleziona la categoria in cui desideri effettuare la ricerca. The conjunction is suggestive and draws attention to William Buy White is for Witching by Oyeyemi, Helen from Amazon's Fiction Books Store. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. I kept hoping it would get better because people rave about Helen Oyeyemi and say she's such a wonderful author, but honestly I felt confused the whole time and...well...bored? Visita la pagina di Helen Oyeyemi su Amazon, Visualizza o modifica la cronologia di navigazione, AGCM - Impegni Amazon Procedimento PS 11716, Pubblicità definita in base agli interessi. White is for Witching. White is for Witching begins with Miranda Silver returning to her home in Dover after a lengthy period of institutionalization. The story is about fraternal teenage twins Eliot and Miranda. White is For Witching is a novel set in Dover about a pair of twins, Miranda and Eliot, who are descendants of three previous generations of Silver women. To be honest, this book confused me and I didn't like it...at all. Ottimo, Recensito nel Regno Unito il 11 dicembre 2018. Stai ascoltando un campione dell'edizione audio udibile. disappearance? That sent a shiver through me. I would give a quick synopsis but literally I can't even think of one besides the fact that Miranda has pica and is sick, and the house somehow has a point of view. Haunting in every sense, White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi is a spine-tingling tribute to the power of magic, myth and memory. I was disappointed by the ending, but was also intrigued to find I immediately turned back to the start and reread the opening pages. I did not enjoy reading White is for Witching either. Mother of Dragons: Lined 6x9 Notebook Journal for a Mythic Legend Boss Leader. SPEDIZIONE GRATUITA su ordini idonei But the Silver House manifests a more conscious malice toward strangers, dispatching those visitors it despises. “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. At a pinch, cream will do. The Poe-like elements of White Is for Witching are so spookily vivid, from foreboding descriptions of landscape ('The sun was setting into storm clouds; there was smoky brightness outside, as if the world was being inspected by candlelight') to the eeriness of an enchanted apple (half 'coma white' and a red that 'glowed like false fire'), that they tend steal the show. She is leaving them slowly –. And White Is for Witching turns out to be a delightfully unconventional coming-of-age story.... As in Toni Morrison's Beloved or Chris Abani's Song for Night, the supernatural elements of White Is for Witching serve to remind the characters - and Oyeyemi's readers - of horrifying historical circumstances.... Oyeyemi clearly appreciates that some crimes (like slavery or genocide or, in this case, institutional racism) are so heinous that the conventions of realist fiction seem woefully inadequate to describe them. Dover has long been known for its hostility toward outsiders. I could have read the first few pages and been like ok, cool, got it. "—The Washington Post Book World "There's an intellectual sharpness about the author's writing which is a pleasure to read." White Is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi, 2009, Nan A. Talese edition, in English - 1st ed. 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. Now, at the age of just 24, the prolific and precocious Cambridge graduate has published a third work, [The Opposite House]…. Se non intendi accettare tutti i cookie o vorresti saperne di più su come utilizziamo i cookie, seleziona "Personalizza i cookie". White is for Witching is a complex and complicated novel that contains enough fodder for scholarly analysis that it has already produced academic papers which have been published in journals and republished in books. In fact, I frequently thought about abandoning the book. Ti suggeriamo di riprovare più tardi. Visita la pagina di Helen Oyeyemi su Amazon, Visualizza o modifica la cronologia di navigazione, AGCM - Impegni Amazon Procedimento PS 11716, Pubblicità definita in base agli interessi. I felt like there was a lot of deeper meanings that I just didn't get. It is really about memory and belonging, love and loss. Amazon.com: White is for Witching: A Novel (9780385526050): Oyeyemi, Helen: Books Dopo aver visualizzato le pagine di dettaglio del prodotto, guarda qui per trovare un modo facile per tornare alle pagine che ti interessano. "—New Statesman "Superbly atmospheric…. 'White for Witching' walks a very delicate and difficult line between spooky ghost story, coming-of-age sexual exploration tale and heady prose-driven literary piece - with themes of lesbianism, racism, … Miranda Silver, her twin brother Eliot, and their father live in a haunted bed and breakfast across the street from a field of unmarked graves. [a] mesmeric exploration of alienation and loss…. But mostly, it's Eliot's voice who dominates, Eliot who is both friend and enemy to his twin. Some thoughts on Helen Oyeyemi’s White is for Witching – Oyeyemi, as a stylist, is rich and restrained in fine balance. PR6115.Y49W47 2009 823’.92 C2009-902103-X American Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication data available British Library Cataloguing in Publication data available Visit the Penguin Group (Canada) website at www.penguin.ca Analizza anche le recensioni per verificare l'affidabilità. Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 18 febbraio 2018. Riprova a effettuare la richiesta più tardi. In 2013 she was included in the Granta Best of Young British Novelists list. I'm not even sure why I finished it. The Silver House is the ancestral home to the Silver women, who appear to linger in the unseen portions of the house. Scopri tutti i libri, leggi le informazioni sull'autore e molto altro. Unconventional, intoxicating and deeply disquieting." Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award! in the U.S. (Inglese) Copertina rigida – 1 maggio 2009, Visualizza tutti i formati e le edizioni, Pagina precedente di Prodotti sponsorizzati simili, Pagina successiva di Prodotti sponsorizzati simili. At a pinch, cream will do.” Anna Good is a witch, even if she doesn’t know it. This eloquent narrative delivers grandly on the promise of Oyeyemi's startling debut…. There's so much in it, so much to consider, to absorb. There are spine-chilling moments in White Is For Witching…. I think there was some beautiful use of language and the author has a genuinely wonderful descriptive turn of phrase but I really didn't enjoy the way it was written moving from one narrator to another with no warning and no apparent chapters. Here white is the colour of bewitchment and evil spells, not black. 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. Animal Coloring Book: 8.5x11" Mandala Black and White Sketch Images. It follows twins, Eliot and Miranda, after the death of their mother in Haiti. She lets, it appears to me, each emotion of the book take a metaphorical shape, become a surprising object, motion, surrealist spasm. A French translation was published as Le Blanc va aux sorcières in 2011. Russian Short Stories for Beginners and Intermediate Learners: Engaging Short Stori... NAMASTE COLORING BOOK #2: 8.5x11" Mandala Sketch Designs ready for Colored Pencils ... Mitologia Greca: Alla Scoperta dei Miti Greci. I did not enjoy reading Mr. Fox. Magical, spellbinding, I was bewitched. Told mostly by Miranda's twin, Eliot, White is For Witching explores the tragic tale of Miranda Silvers, the girl with pica, who is slowly fading away after the death of her mother, Lily. Recensito nel Regno Unito il 11 settembre 2015. "—The Toronto Star "Oyeyemi's third mystical novel weaves a tale of four generations of women and the house in Dover, England, they've inhabited-a vengeful, Gothic edifice that has always rejected strangers…. A woman obsessed with cleanliness, key moments of her life occur when she wears white. "—Booklist "[A] remarkable, shape-shifting tale…. The steps leading up to the house bulge with fist-sized lumps of grey-white flint, each piece a knife to cut your knee open should you slip. White Is for Witching is more mature, though no less chaotic than Oyeyemi’s earlier work: she simply has more ideas than she has figured out how to harness. Oyeyemi's languid cadences are more burnished, her sinuous ideas more firmly embedded in the fabric of this disturbing and intricate novel. In 2013, Oyeyemi was named one of Granta's Best Young British Novelists. I say mostly, because parts of the novel are also told in a general narrator type POV, by the house (hah) as well as Miranda's friend, Ore. The language is rich; ideas proliferate; myth and story tangle together luxuriantly. There’s something strange about the Silver family house in the closed-off town of Dover, England. Spellbinding, unique, wonderfully written, utterly unpredictable. She makes us glad to suspend disbelief. White is for Witching has the subtle occlusions of her previous two works with a tenacious undertow, drawing the reader into its deeper currents. Posizione nella classifica Bestseller di Amazon: Versione digitale del romanzo della giovane scrittrice inglese. High on the cliffs near Dover, the Silver family is reeling from the loss of Lily, mother of twins Eliot and Miranda, and beloved wife of Luc. "—Financial Times "To say that Helen Oyeyemi is one smart cookie is a bit like saying the Honey Monster is rather fond of Sugar Puffs. Helen Oyeyemi is the author of five novels, including White is for Witching, which won a 2010 Somerset Maugham Award, and Mr Fox, which won a 2012 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award.. But Oyeyemi also has a convincing touch when dealing with ordinary reality. But I have a hard time doing that. I confess I was over half way through before it finally grabbed me by the throat, but after that I was compelled to read on. Before you start Complete White Is for Witching PDF EPUB by Helen Oyeyemi Download, you can read below technical ebook details: Full Book Name: White Is for Witching; Author Name: Helen Oyeyemi; Book Genre: Fantasy, Fiction, Gothic, Horror, Magical Realism, Paranormal; ISBN # 9780670068579 La strega e il cacciatore. When I purchased White is for Witching, I did not realized that this was the same author who wrote Mr. Fox. "—The New York Times Book Review"Profoundly chilling…a slow-building neo-Gothic that will leave persevering readers breathless. —Financial Times "Oyeyemi displays the young writer's amazing sure-handedness that is far beyond her years." Ci sono 0 recensioni e 0 valutazioni dall'Italia, Articoli visualizzati di recente e suggerimenti in primo piano, Seleziona la categoria in cui desideri effettuare la ricerca. Anche terzi autorizzati utilizzano queste tecnologie in relazione alla nostra visualizzazione di annunci pubblicitari. And when one dark night she vanishes entirely, the survivors are left to tell her story. It creates a weird, uncanny vibe which I found deliciously unsettling. White Is for Witching (published in Britain as Pie-kah) is a 2009 novel by British author Helen Oyeyemi. While ghosts may skulk inside the house, the horrors lurking outside are equally alarming…. Per calcolare la valutazione complessiva in stelle e la ripartizione percentuale per stella, non usiamo una media semplice. The narrative oscillates between the mundane and the supernatural, and it is this skilful blend of the fantastic and the everyday that makes it resonate so chillingly. White is for Witching: Amazon.co.uk: Oyeyemi, Helen: 9780330458146: Books Posizione nella classifica Bestseller di Amazon: It's differently and flows in a lovely way. The story opens with a passage intentionally reminiscent of "Snow White," describing the mysterious imprisonment? White Is for Witching blends gothic horror, racial politics, and the older, bloodier sort of fairy tales into a deeply unsettling novel. death? White is for Witching is a literary horror novel by critically acclaimed author Helen Oyeyemi. She was baptized in white. "—The Times (UK) Praise for Helen Oyeyemi's previous works: "Helen Oyeyemi is a startling literary prodigy. The father turns it into a bed and breakfast. They live in a bed-and-breakfast run by their widowed father, Luc, in a house that feels both evil and alive. Ti suggeriamo di riprovare più tardi. Combining elements of ghost, vampire, and haunted house stories, White Is for Witching concerns a twin named Miranda and her relationship with the sentient, xenophobic house she inhabits. 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