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Parasol Against the Axe: A Novel Black & African American Historical Fiction he reminds readers that America’s"A shape shifting novel about the power of storiesHelen Oyeyemi is a literary pied piper her voice is the kind that readers gamely follow into the most bewildering and unnerving of situations." The New York Times A metatextual masterpiece. Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW Oyeyemi writes here as an heir to Calvino or BorgesA dizzying, dazzling romp. Kirkus Reviews The prize winning, bestselling author of Peaces and Gingerbread returns with a novel