“Rich sweet embers, nourishment of djinns and other fire-eaters.” Druhástrana is located in central Europe, not far from the real Czech Republic (Oyeyemi has been living in Prague for a number of years). So begins a bedtime story as dark as molasses, as Harriet relays her past to Perdita and her dolls. On recovering, this insular teenager reveals that she was not resisting one life but beginning another – she has, apparently, been travelling to Druhástrana (literally, “the other side” in Slovak) from where Margot and Harriet originate, and which, according to its fictional Wikipedia definition, is “an alleged nation state of indeterminable geographic location”.
When Perdita, who is allergic to gluten and therefore to her mother’s gingerbread, appears to attempt suicide by ingesting a vast quantity of the stuff, the proper phase of the novel begins. Science and Technical Research and Development.Infrastructure Management - Transport, Utilities.Information Services, Statistics, Records, Archives.Information and Communications Technology.HR, Training and Organisational Development.Health - Medical and Nursing Management.Facility / Grounds Management and Maintenance.
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