The Icarus GirlKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 18.12.2007 - 352 Seiten The audacious first novel from the award-winning and bestselling author of Boy, Snow, Bird and What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours • “Oyeyemi brilliantly conjures up the raw emotions and playground banter of childhood. . . . A masterly first novel.”–The New York Times Book Review "Remarkable. . . . As original as it is unsettling, The Icarus Girl runs straight at the heart of what it means to belong."– O, The Oprah Magazine 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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... golden orange peel , sprang from the beaks of the vivid red birds with outstretched wings which soared across the royal blue background of the woman's clothing . Jess called it eero ahty booby whenever THE ICARUS GIRL.
... golden orange peel , sprang from the beaks of the vivid red birds with outstretched wings which soared across the royal blue background of the woman's clothing . Jess called it eero ahty booby whenever THE ICARUS GIRL.
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Helen Oyeyemi. woman's clothing . Jess called it eero ahty booby whenever she tried to imitate her mum's pronunciation of it . Sometimes , when her mum was having some of her friends around , she would dress up in traditional costume ...
Helen Oyeyemi. woman's clothing . Jess called it eero ahty booby whenever she tried to imitate her mum's pronunciation of it . Sometimes , when her mum was having some of her friends around , she would dress up in traditional costume ...
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... called Uncle Kunle to help her open the main gate ( Gateman was eating a late lunch ) , and Jess immediately saw the three figures jumping up and down at the gate , waving with barely controlled excitement before the car had even drawn ...
... called Uncle Kunle to help her open the main gate ( Gateman was eating a late lunch ) , and Jess immediately saw the three figures jumping up and down at the gate , waving with barely controlled excitement before the car had even drawn ...
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... called when her mother had held her Nigerian naming cere- mony . Wuraola means gold . She knew all this ... But nobody had ever called THE ICARUS GIRL.
... called when her mother had held her Nigerian naming cere- mony . Wuraola means gold . She knew all this ... But nobody had ever called THE ICARUS GIRL.
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Helen Oyeyemi. She knew all this ... But nobody had ever called her Wuraola , not even her mother , whom she could now see from the corner of her eye making anxious , silent gestures for her to go to her grandfather . Here , in this ...
Helen Oyeyemi. She knew all this ... But nobody had ever called her Wuraola , not even her mother , whom she could now see from the corner of her eye making anxious , silent gestures for her to go to her grandfather . Here , in this ...
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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 moving 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's TillyTilly told tried Trish trying turned twin upstairs voice waited whispered woman Wuraola Yeah Yoruba