![]() Mr Fox also becomes a meditation on the writing process itself, filled with vignettes about how language may ensnare or liberate. Oyeyemi also weaves myths into the work, from the werefox Reynardine to Yoruba legends, creating a richly layered intertextuality. Within the feisty framework of this engrossing main narrative are stories-within-stories, unfolding like Russian dolls, though the connections between them aren't always clear. "It's obscene to make such things reasonable." She insists that Mr Fox change the endings of his stories, thus altering the misogynist narratives that shape and reflect culture. ![]() ![]() The brave Mary ("Be bold, be bold but not too bold," the fairytale warns) speaks out against the tradition of male writers poeticising women's deaths: "What you're doing is building a horrible kind of logic," admonishes Mary. ![]()
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