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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... eyes . Even when Dulcie didn't have the specific intention of smashing a hole through Jess's fragile peace , she did anyway . In general , Jess didn't like life outside the cupboard . Outside the cupboard , Jess felt as if she was in a ...
... eyes . Even when Dulcie didn't have the specific intention of smashing a hole through Jess's fragile peace , she did anyway . In general , Jess didn't like life outside the cupboard . Outside the cupboard , Jess felt as if she was in a ...
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... with her cheek pressed against the floor , thought that she had fallen asleep , and her father tiptoed into the room to lift her into bed , only to be disconcerted by the gleam of her wide - open eyes over the top of her arm . She gave no ...
... with her cheek pressed against the floor , thought that she had fallen asleep , and her father tiptoed into the room to lift her into bed , only to be disconcerted by the gleam of her wide - open eyes over the top of her arm . She gave no ...
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... eyes , narrowed with con- centration behind the spectacle lenses , scanned the page . He looked slightly awkward as he attempted to make room for the paper across his knees ; his elbows created a dimple in the paper every time he ...
... eyes , narrowed with con- centration behind the spectacle lenses , scanned the page . He looked slightly awkward as he attempted to make room for the paper across his knees ; his elbows created a dimple in the paper every time he ...
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... eyes squinting out from their folds of flesh , the fluorescent light- ing giving her skin an odd , flat finish , as if the dark brown was catching light and not throwing it out again . Jess kept her eyes fixed on the woman , caught by ...
... eyes squinting out from their folds of flesh , the fluorescent light- ing giving her skin an odd , flat finish , as if the dark brown was catching light and not throwing it out again . Jess kept her eyes fixed on the woman , caught by ...
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... eyes almost involuntarily rolling up- wards onto her head . It was a kind of peace . Then her mother , who for a while now had been speaking in a pleading monotone , said something with a sharp buzz , some- thing that she didn't quite ...
... eyes almost involuntarily rolling up- wards onto her head . It was a kind of peace . Then her mother , who for a while now had been speaking in a pleading monotone , said something with a sharp buzz , some- thing that she didn't quite ...
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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