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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... 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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... gave her a quick glance , smiled , nudged her , then returned to his reverie . On the bench opposite her sat an im- mense woman wearing the most fantastical traditional dress she had ever seen . Yellow snakes , coiled up like golden ...
... gave her a quick glance , smiled , nudged her , then returned to his reverie . On the bench opposite her sat an im- mense woman wearing the most fantastical traditional dress she had ever seen . Yellow snakes , coiled up like golden ...
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... gave a drowsy smile in return . Jess fell asleep slowly , her hand reaching for her dad's . She closed her eyes completely , and the darkness was warm and quiet , like a bubble lifting her higher even than the aeroplane . Her father ...
... gave a drowsy smile in return . Jess fell asleep slowly , her hand reaching for her dad's . She closed her eyes completely , and the darkness was warm and quiet , like a bubble lifting her higher even than the aeroplane . Her father ...
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... gave when passing a statue or a painting . The acknowledgement of an odd- ity . She looked at him , willing him , at least , to look at her . He didn't . Her mum smiled at her . There was something in the smile that Jess could only ...
... gave when passing a statue or a painting . The acknowledgement of an odd- ity . She looked at him , willing him , at least , to look at her . He didn't . Her mum smiled at her . There was something in the smile that Jess could only ...
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... gave a short laugh again as she drew away from the window , startled . Her father fanned himself with a copy of a Nigerian newspa- per that he'd bought as they were leaving the airport . The car be- gan to move away . The man in cream ...
... gave a short laugh again as she drew away from the window , startled . Her father fanned himself with a copy of a Nigerian newspa- per that he'd bought as they were leaving the airport . The car be- gan to move away . The man in cream ...
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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