White is for Witching
02 April 2010Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
Haunting in every sense, White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi is a spine-tingling tribute to the power of magic, myth and memory.
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. Miranda misses her with particular intensity. Their mazy, capricious house belonged...
Details
02 April 2010256 pages
9780330458153Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Superbly atmospheric. The dark tones of Poe in her haunting have the elasticity of Haruki Murakami’s surreal mental landscapes.Independent
The kind of prose that creeps off the page, crawls up the spine and burrows deep into the reader’s paralysed mind.Daily Mail
White is for Witching should establish Oyeyemi as an ambitious voice in modern macabre; master of the light, lyrical touch and dark, half-hinted suggestion.The Times
Entrancing.TLS
