The Icarus GirlPenguin Canada, 2005 - 337 Seiten Jessamy "Jess" Harrison, age eight, is the child of an English father and a Nigerian mother. Possessed of an extraordinary imagination, she has a hard time fitting in at school. It is only when she visits Nigeria for the first time that she makes a friend who understands her: a ragged little girl named TillyTilly. But soon TillyTilly's visits become more disturbing, until Jess realizes she doesn't actually know who her friend is at all. Drawing on Nigerian mythology, Helen Oyeyemi presents a striking variation on the classic literary theme of doubles -- both real and spiritual -- in this lyrical and bold debut. |
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... father , but his hair would be springy and less silver , sprouting like steel wool . But his face - there was none . She felt her lungs con- strict and turned her head away from her mum for a second , struggling to breathe in the humid ...
... father , but his hair would be springy and less silver , sprouting like steel wool . But his face - there was none . She felt her lungs con- strict and turned her head away from her mum for a second , struggling to breathe in the humid ...
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... father , I don't know his father , or what his people have done . It is something about your mother that made her do this , marry a man that she didn't know . " Jess made no reply . It was so breathtakingly obvious that knowing ...
... father , I don't know his father , or what his people have done . It is something about your mother that made her do this , marry a man that she didn't know . " Jess made no reply . It was so breathtakingly obvious that knowing ...
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... father had said in an excited tone of voice . Aunty Funke called her . Jess did not reply , didn't even move . She ... father would have detached her , her father gently , her mother with an exclamation of mild annoyance , but her ...
... father had said in an excited tone of voice . Aunty Funke called her . Jess did not reply , didn't even move . She ... father would have detached her , her father gently , her mother with an exclamation of mild annoyance , but her ...
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arms asked Aunt Lucy Aunty Biola Aunty Funke baby breath bumper car cassava chair Colleen McLain coloured cornrows D'you Daddy Daniel dark door Dulcie Dulcie's Ebun eyes face father feel Fern fingers floor friendship bracelet gaze girl grandfather grandfather's hair hand happened hear heard HELEN OYEYEMI Ibadan ibeji Jelly Baby Jess began Jess felt Jess looked Jess sat Jess stared Jess's dad Jess's mum Jessamy Jessamy's Jessy kitchen laughed Lidia lips Little Women McKenzie Miss Patel mother mouth moved mum's Mummy Nigeria nodded pulled pushed remember Sarah scared scream Shivs shook her head shouting shrugged silent Siobhan sitting room smiled someone sorry sound staircase stairs stood stop talking tell things thought Tilly Tilly Tilly's told tried Trish trying turned twin upstairs voice waited whispered woman Wuraola Yeah Yoruba