"An intoxicating, beautifully-written, folklore-infused debut exploring the interwoven lives, fates and histories of two Vietnamese women."
Though complex, subtle, and rich in history and myth, Violet Kupersmith's Build Your House Around My Body makes an instantly potent impression. Her writing is at once measured and vivid, infused with the elemental power of Vietnamese folklore, and with the histories, fates and desires of its protagonists.
Following the lives of two fearless women who both went missing (though decades apart - one in 1986, the other in 2011), and who both seek revenge, Build Your House Around My Body is hauntingly poetic, playful, and a puzzle, of sorts. A multi-layered Russian doll of a story with magic realist elements - ghosts, time travel, snake monsters. Indeed, the whole novel might be described as a coiled serpent that spirals and springs when you least expect it.
Despite their very different backgrounds, the women are bound by the past, and by ancestors and ghosts. It’s a mystery, a mythic epic, a slippery history that defies classification, and I loved it.
Two young Vietnamese women go missing decades apart. Both are fearless, both are lost. And both will have their revenge.
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Two young Vietnamese women go missing decades apart. Both are fearless, both are lost.
Build Your House Around My Body features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Family Drama, Fantasy, Fiction: narrative themes, Vietnam War fiction, Magical realism, General Fiction, Fiction, War, combat and military adventure fiction, Action Adventure, Book Club Recommendations, Debut Books of the Month, Star Books, Recommendations
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Build Your House Around My Body was written by Violet Kupersmith and published by Oneworld Publications
Build Your House Around My Body has 378 pages
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