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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... knew that they would be blue with the ink, and probably the sleeves of the long yellow T-shirt she was wearing as well. Jess felt like laughing because she could see only half of her mum's face, and it was like one of those I/Vl1ere's ...
... knew that they would be blue with the ink, and probably the sleeves of the long yellow T-shirt she was wearing as well. Jess felt like laughing because she could see only half of her mum's face, and it was like one of those I/Vl1ere's ...
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... knew that they would be blue with the ink , and probably the sleeves of the long yellow T - shirt she was wearing as well . Jess felt like laughing because she could see only half of her mum's face , and it was like one of those Where's ...
... knew that they would be blue with the ink , and probably the sleeves of the long yellow T - shirt she was wearing as well . Jess felt like laughing because she could see only half of her mum's face , and it was like one of those Where's ...
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... knew was that the smile wasn't a particularly happy one , and that her mother hadn't smiled like that in England . She felt herself , also , growing careful . Her mum tugged at her hand , and Jessamy saw a real smile spread across her ...
... knew was that the smile wasn't a particularly happy one , and that her mother hadn't smiled like that in England . She felt herself , also , growing careful . Her mum tugged at her hand , and Jessamy saw a real smile spread across her ...
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... knew that Wuraola was her Yoruba name , the name that her grandfather had asked in a letter for her to be called when her mother had held her Nigerian naming cere- mony . Wuraola means gold . She knew all this ... But nobody had ever ...
... knew that Wuraola was her Yoruba name , the name that her grandfather had asked in a letter for her to be called when her mother had held her Nigerian naming cere- mony . Wuraola means gold . She knew all this ... But nobody had ever ...
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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