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. |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 28
Seite 5
... waited, and ]essan1y's brow wrinkled as she scanned her face, perplexed. An explanation was somehow still required. “I was thinking about something,” she said, after another moment. Her mum leaned on the cupboard door, trying to peer ...
... waited, and ]essan1y's brow wrinkled as she scanned her face, perplexed. An explanation was somehow still required. “I was thinking about something,” she said, after another moment. Her mum leaned on the cupboard door, trying to peer ...
Seite 5
... waited , and Jessamy's brow wrinkled as she scanned her face , perplexed . An explanation was somehow still required . " I was thinking about something , " she said , after another moment . Her mum leaned on the cupboard door , trying ...
... waited , and Jessamy's brow wrinkled as she scanned her face , perplexed . An explanation was somehow still required . " I was thinking about something , " she said , after another moment . Her mum leaned on the cupboard door , trying ...
Seite 17
Helen Oyeyemi. manner , as if she was something to look at while he waited for something else . The car rocked downwards as her father loaded his suitcase into the back , and she heard his shoes clicking on the white pavement as he began ...
Helen Oyeyemi. manner , as if she was something to look at while he waited for something else . The car rocked downwards as her father loaded his suitcase into the back , and she heard his shoes clicking on the white pavement as he began ...
Seite 23
... waited for the hissing sound of gas escaping the bottle , and they both flinched a little from the sheer nakedness of contact be- tween eye and eye . It wasn't unpleasant flinching , but the sur- prised movement of two who are ...
... waited for the hissing sound of gas escaping the bottle , and they both flinched a little from the sheer nakedness of contact be- tween eye and eye . It wasn't unpleasant flinching , but the sur- prised movement of two who are ...
Seite 38
... waited . " What else is there ? " she repeated eventually . Her mother scribbled a few more words on to the page be- fore her . " Go and ask Aunty Funke , " she said distractedly . Jess wriggled off her chair and went down the hallway ...
... waited . " What else is there ? " she repeated eventually . Her mother scribbled a few more words on to the page be- fore her . " Go and ask Aunty Funke , " she said distractedly . Jess wriggled off her chair and went down the hallway ...
Inhalt
3 | |
13 | |
19 | |
26 | |
Abschnitt 5 | 46 |
Abschnitt 6 | 83 |
Abschnitt 7 | 89 |
Abschnitt 8 | 94 |
Abschnitt 13 | 215 |
Abschnitt 14 | 221 |
Abschnitt 15 | 234 |
Abschnitt 16 | 257 |
Abschnitt 17 | 262 |
Abschnitt 18 | 273 |
Abschnitt 19 | 277 |
Abschnitt 20 | 292 |
Abschnitt 9 | 96 |
Abschnitt 10 | 167 |
Abschnitt 11 | 194 |
Abschnitt 12 | 202 |
Abschnitt 21 | 309 |
Abschnitt 22 | 328 |
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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