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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... remember . " And then you felt really bad for saying that , " Tilly contin- ued , sounding even more disdainful , “ so you did that cleansing thing with the coal . Remember now ? " Jess remembered , and as she did , she reached THE ...
... remember . " And then you felt really bad for saying that , " Tilly contin- ued , sounding even more disdainful , “ so you did that cleansing thing with the coal . Remember now ? " Jess remembered , and as she did , she reached THE ...
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... remember be- ing angry enough for that meant only that she didn't want to remember . Shivs didn't understand when she said that her father's being ill was her fault . “ It's not , ” she said confidently , her curls flying as she skipped ...
... remember be- ing angry enough for that meant only that she didn't want to remember . Shivs didn't understand when she said that her father's being ill was her fault . “ It's not , ” she said confidently , her curls flying as she skipped ...
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... remember , " she stammered . It was almost true : she was forgetting so many things about Tilly Tilly , but she couldn't forget the baby that Tilly had taken from her arms , the baby who had been crying for such a long time until it was ...
... remember , " she stammered . It was almost true : she was forgetting so many things about Tilly Tilly , but she couldn't forget the baby that Tilly had taken from her arms , the baby who had been crying for such a long time until it was ...
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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