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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... turned her attention on to her father . He was read- ing a broadsheet , chin in hand as his eyes , narrowed with con- centration behind the spectacle lenses , scanned the page . He looked slightly awkward as he attempted to make room ...
... turned her attention on to her father . He was read- ing a broadsheet , chin in hand as his eyes , narrowed with con- centration behind the spectacle lenses , scanned the page . He looked slightly awkward as he attempted to make room ...
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... turning her head from side to side as she regarded her reflection in the bedroom mirror . Iro ati buba , she would say , lapsing from her En- glish accent into the broad , almost lilting Yoruba one . This is iro ati buba . Then she ...
... turning her head from side to side as she regarded her reflection in the bedroom mirror . Iro ati buba , she would say , lapsing from her En- glish accent into the broad , almost lilting Yoruba one . This is iro ati buba . Then she ...
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... turned her head a fraction in his direction , opening her eyes into slits . His dishevelled , sandy hair obscured his fore- head , and his greeny - blue eyes were half open ; they looked darker with the overhead light switched off . He ...
... turned her head a fraction in his direction , opening her eyes into slits . His dishevelled , sandy hair obscured his fore- head , and his greeny - blue eyes were half open ; they looked darker with the overhead light switched off . He ...
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... turned her head away from her mum for a second , struggling to breathe in the humid air . If she couldn't see him , then how would he see her ? Once they were outside , which was only fractionally cooler than the inside , her father had ...
... turned her head away from her mum for a second , struggling to breathe in the humid air . If she couldn't see him , then how would he see her ? Once they were outside , which was only fractionally cooler than the inside , her father had ...
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... turned her face upwards so the air - conditioning cooled her skin , and opened her mouth and gulped loudly , imagining that she was fill- ing up with cold air like a balloon . Then she looked out of the side window , straight at a man ...
... turned her face upwards so the air - conditioning cooled her skin , and opened her mouth and gulped loudly , imagining that she was fill- ing up with cold air like a balloon . Then she looked out of the side window , straight at a man ...
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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