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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... touch , looked up into her grand- father's face , smiled and said quietly , but firmly , in her most po- lite voice " Hello , grandfather . " After they had taken baths , and Jess had been made to eat a little , her mother disappeared ...
... touch , looked up into her grand- father's face , smiled and said quietly , but firmly , in her most po- lite voice " Hello , grandfather . " After they had taken baths , and Jess had been made to eat a little , her mother disappeared ...
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... touch them to see if they really did stand out all bumpy . From the cor- ner of her eye she could see her mother , who was curled up on the sofa opposite , engrossed in low - pitched conversation with Aunty Funke . Her mother had ...
... touch them to see if they really did stand out all bumpy . From the cor- ner of her eye she could see her mother , who was curled up on the sofa opposite , engrossed in low - pitched conversation with Aunty Funke . Her mother had ...
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... touching Bose's , and stared at the driver's face in the mirror , trying to dif- ferentiate him from his brother . She was also , of course , keeping an eye on Bose , who was speaking in a low voice to her little brother . Femi was tiny ...
... touching Bose's , and stared at the driver's face in the mirror , trying to dif- ferentiate him from his brother . She was also , of course , keeping an eye on Bose , who was speaking in a low voice to her little brother . Femi was tiny ...
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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