{{Short description|2021 novel by Helen Oyeyemi}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox book | name = Peaces | image = Peaces (Helen Oyeyemi).png | caption = First edition (Faber, 2021) | author = Helen Oyeyemi | cover_artist = | country = United Kingdom | language = English | genre = Slipstream<ref>Manusos, Lyndsie. [https://bookriot.com/what-is-slipstream/ "Too Weird or Not Weird Enough: What is Slipstream?"] ''Book Riot'', 15 June 2021.</ref> | publisher = Faber and Faber | release_date = 1 April 2021 | media_type = Print (paperback), e-book, audiobook | pages = 272 | isbn = 978-0-571-36658-3 | isbn_note = (paperback) | dewey = 823/.92 | congress = PR6115.Y49 P43 2021 | oclc = }} '''''Peaces''''' is a 2021 novel by Helen Oyeyemi. The novel takes place on a train with several passengers.
==Writing and composition== Oyeyemi has said the novel "[tries] to have a bit of back and forth with" Can Xue's novels ''Love In The New Millennium'' and ''The Last Lover'' as well as the writings of Carl Jung.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ukiomogbe |first1=Juliana |title=Helen Oyeyemi on Why Writing is Like "Inner Space Travel" |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/helen-oyeyemi-ideal-writing-atmosphere-first-draft |access-date=12 April 2021 |work=Interview Magazine |date=6 April 2021}}</ref> The work of British writer Barbara Comyns also influenced the novel.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Doll |first1=Jen |title=Helen Oyeyemi Writes the Ups and Downs of Love |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/85502-helen-oyeyemi-writes-the-ups-and-downs-of-love.html |access-date=12 April 2021 |work=www.publishersweekly.com |date=5 February 2021}}</ref> The novel takes place on a fictional train,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kleeman |first1=Alexandra |title=Helen Oyeyemi's New Novel Is Not a Fairy Tale |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/06/books/review/peaces-helen-oyeyemi.html |access-date=19 April 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=6 April 2021}}</ref> called the "Lucky Day" and Oyeyemi was "keen" from the outset of writing the book that it would be a "train book".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Iversen |first1=Kristin |title=Helen Oyeyemi Finds the World of Her Novel on the Train |url=https://lithub.com/helen-oyeyemi-finds-the-world-of-her-novel-on-the-train/ |access-date=19 April 2021 |work=Literary Hub |date=7 April 2021}}</ref> While researching trains to write the book, Oyeyemi visited several of Ludwig II of Bavaria's castles.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shaw |first1=Helen |title=The Queen of Fractured Fairy Tales |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/helen-oyeyemi-profile.html |access-date=12 April 2021 |work=Vulture |date=29 March 2021 |language=en-us}}</ref>
==Critical reception== Sara Cutaia, in a review published by the ''Chicago Review of Books'', referred to the novel as "delightfully weird and deliciously eccentric".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cutaia |first1=Sara |title=A Wild Ride Through the Mind in "PEACES" |url=https://chireviewofbooks.com/2021/04/07/peaces-helen-oyeyemi/ |website=Chicago Review of Books |access-date=12 April 2021 |date=7 April 2021}}</ref> Reviewers at other outlets, including NPR and ''Vox'', also positively referred to the novel as "weird".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Grady |first1=Constance |title=Helen Oyeyemi's unsettling new novel Peaces starts weird and gets weirder |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/22372350/peaces-review-helen-oyeyemi |access-date=19 April 2021 |work=Vox |date=8 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Iglesias |first1=Gabino |author-link=Gabino Iglesias |title=Too Many 'Peaces' Overload An Otherwise Entertaining Story |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/04/07/984743862/too-many-peaces-overload-an-otherwise-entertaining-story |access-date=19 April 2021 |work=NPR.org |date=7 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
Category:2021 British novels Category:2021 English-language novels Category:Novels by Helen Oyeyemi Category:Faber & Faber books Category:Novels set on trains
{{2020s-novel-stub}}