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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... they were moving down a seemingly inter- minable length of road . Her mum paused in her conversation with the cabdriver . " Jess ? " " What does oh - yee - bo mean ? " Her mum twisted around in her seat , looking puzzled 17.
... they were moving down a seemingly inter- minable length of road . Her mum paused in her conversation with the cabdriver . " Jess ? " " What does oh - yee - bo mean ? " Her mum twisted around in her seat , looking puzzled 17.
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... means somebody who has come from so far away that they are a stranger ! " Jess settled back against the leather seat , fiddled with her seat belt . " Oh . " Her father looked up distractedly from a column he was read- ing about the ...
... means somebody who has come from so far away that they are a stranger ! " Jess settled back against the leather seat , fiddled with her seat belt . " Oh . " Her father looked up distractedly from a column he was read- ing about the ...
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... 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 called THE ICARUS GIRL.
... 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 called THE ICARUS GIRL.
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... mean , what is this ' mmmm ? " Jess gave up . " I don't know what my mother did . " ( You're going to tell me and she's going to get angry . I can see it already because she's all nervous . ) Jess wasn't sure whose side she was supposed ...
... mean , what is this ' mmmm ? " Jess gave up . " I don't know what my mother did . " ( You're going to tell me and she's going to get angry . I can see it already because she's all nervous . ) Jess wasn't sure whose side she was supposed ...
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... at him wide - eyed , her mouth half open . " What does omugo mean ? Is it bad ? Was that a bad thing you said about my dad ? " Jess questioned , sternly . It sounded bad . Her grandfather shook his head slowly as Aunty Funke reen- 29.
... at him wide - eyed , her mouth half open . " What does omugo mean ? Is it bad ? Was that a bad thing you said about my dad ? " Jess questioned , sternly . It sounded bad . Her grandfather shook his head slowly as Aunty Funke reen- 29.
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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