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3 months agoBooksHelen Oyeyemi: I like other humans mediated through art'
Helen Oyeyemi's new novel, Parasol Against the Axe, is set in Prague and takes place during a weekend hen party involving a book whose text changes every time it's opened.
Oyeyemi was inspired to write about Prague after reading books about the city, including Magic Prague by Angelo Maria Ripellino and Vitezslav Nezval's poems. [ more ]