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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... seemed to have nothing to say for herself . In Nigeria , her mother had said , children were always getting themselves into mischief , and surely that was better than sitting inside reading and staring into space all day . But her ...
... seemed to have nothing to say for herself . In Nigeria , her mother had said , children were always getting themselves into mischief , and surely that was better than sitting inside reading and staring into space all day . But her ...
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... seemed to stretch the space be- tween the walls . The thought made Jess smile as she sat waiting with everyone else , looking at this woman , who stared back at her , her small eyes squinting out from their folds of flesh , the ...
... seemed to stretch the space be- tween the walls . The thought made Jess smile as she sat waiting with everyone else , looking at this woman , who stared back at her , her small eyes squinting out from their folds of flesh , the ...
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... seemed to be transformed by her bargaining , bantering tone , then up at her father , who shrugged , putting his own hand to his face to adjust his glasses , which were slipping down the bridge of his nose . Minutes later , her mother ...
... seemed to be transformed by her bargaining , bantering tone , then up at her father , who shrugged , putting his own hand to his face to adjust his glasses , which were slipping down the bridge of his nose . Minutes later , her mother ...
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... seemed enormous and lumi- nous , and 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 ...
... seemed enormous and lumi- nous , and 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 ...
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... seemed restive . When the driver spoke , she looked at him and said , in a slightly sharper tone than usual , " I think we should speak in English , so everyone can understand . " Mr. Harrison stamped his feet to applaud his wife's ...
... seemed restive . When the driver spoke , she looked at him and said , in a slightly sharper tone than usual , " I think we should speak in English , so everyone can understand . " Mr. Harrison stamped his feet to applaud his wife's ...
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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