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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... stood there for a second , looking at each other , then her mother crouched and took Jessamy's face in her hands , examining her . Jess held still , tried to assume an expression that would satisfy whatever her mother was looking for ...
... stood there for a second , looking at each other , then her mother crouched and took Jessamy's face in her hands , examining her . Jess held still , tried to assume an expression that would satisfy whatever her mother was looking for ...
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... stood that this woman , her jaunty red cap perched atop a black bun of hair , was not smiling at her in particular , but at a child , at the idea of a child . Because she was an air hostess . Smiling at a child . That was what she was ...
... stood that this woman , her jaunty red cap perched atop a black bun of hair , was not smiling at her in particular , but at a child , at the idea of a child . Because she was an air hostess . Smiling at a child . That was what she was ...
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Helen Oyeyemi. TWO Jess had not expected Nigeria to be this hot . She stood at the luggage carousel , holding her mum's hand ... stood marked him out as different . The people milling around him all glanced pointedly at him as they passed ...
Helen Oyeyemi. TWO Jess had not expected Nigeria to be this hot . She stood at the luggage carousel , holding her mum's hand ... stood marked him out as different . The people milling around him all glanced pointedly at him as they passed ...
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... The light colours contrasted with his skin , and he stood out in gaunt relief against his cream - coloured car , like a paper cutout . He was looking at her , but in a distracted manner , as if she was something to look at THE ICARUS GIRL.
... The light colours contrasted with his skin , and he stood out in gaunt relief against his cream - coloured car , like a paper cutout . He was looking at her , but in a distracted manner , as if she was something to look at THE ICARUS GIRL.
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... , Aunty Funke's and Uncle Kunle's children , greeted her with tentative but almost patronising smiles ; the two youngest , Aunty Biola's children , stood as if in awe of her , surveying her clothes , her hair , her entire self 19 THREE ...
... , Aunty Funke's and Uncle Kunle's children , greeted her with tentative but almost patronising smiles ; the two youngest , Aunty Biola's children , stood as if in awe of her , surveying her clothes , her hair , her entire self 19 THREE ...
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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