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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... someone who belonged here ? Should she ... become Wuraola ? But how ? She could not make herself move forward , so she stayed where she was , avoided his touch , looked up into her grand- father's face , smiled and said quietly , but ...
... someone who belonged here ? Should she ... become Wuraola ? But how ? She could not make herself move forward , so she stayed where she was , avoided his touch , looked up into her grand- father's face , smiled and said quietly , but ...
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... someone , something , else , more hidden . Finally , he smiled , and although his smile was bumpy because some of his teeth were jagged and broken , it was a warming , in- fectious smile that was reflected in his eyes . It made her ...
... someone , something , else , more hidden . Finally , he smiled , and although his smile was bumpy because some of his teeth were jagged and broken , it was a warming , in- fectious smile that was reflected in his eyes . It made her ...
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... someone could be so very stubborn , and not pay . " Not daring to look up , Jess reached out on impulse and touched part of the trouser embroidery . " I sent her to learn medicine in England , " her grandfather told her , his voice a ...
... someone could be so very stubborn , and not pay . " Not daring to look up , Jess reached out on impulse and touched part of the trouser embroidery . " I sent her to learn medicine in England , " her grandfather told her , his voice a ...
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... someone's name didn't mean that you knew them that she didn't even attempt to protest . He thought her name was Wuraola , but he was wrong . " She didn't just take her body away from this place - she took everything . Nothing of her is ...
... someone's name didn't mean that you knew them that she didn't even attempt to protest . He thought her name was Wuraola , but he was wrong . " She didn't just take her body away from this place - she took everything . Nothing of her is ...
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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