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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... mother had said , children were always getting themselves into mischief , and surely that was better than sitting ... mother held out a hand , and grasping it , Jess reluctantly left her towel pillows and stepped out on to the landing ...
... mother had said , children were always getting themselves into mischief , and surely that was better than sitting ... mother held out a hand , and grasping it , Jess reluctantly left her towel pillows and stepped out on to the landing ...
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... mother's country that made her begin to struggle and thrash , screaming , half dangling headfirst out of the seat , nearly choking on her seat belt , fighting off her mother's hands as she snaked herself away from the little chalk ...
... mother's country that made her begin to struggle and thrash , screaming , half dangling headfirst out of the seat , nearly choking on her seat belt , fighting off her mother's hands as she snaked herself away from the little chalk ...
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... mother's hand had left her , and she stopped struggling and hung limp from the side of her seat , her mouth a small , open O , until her father , murmuring reproachfully , settled her prop- erly into the aeroplane seat . He looked at ...
... mother's hand had left her , and she stopped struggling and hung limp from the side of her seat , her mouth a small , open O , until her father , murmuring reproachfully , settled her prop- erly into the aeroplane seat . He looked at ...
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... mother . The man had flicked his gaze over her with the same small smile on his face . Had he been thinking , Who is this woman who has a Nigerian maiden name in a British passport , who stands here wearing denim shorts and a strappy ...
... mother . The man had flicked his gaze over her with the same small smile on his face . Had he been thinking , Who is this woman who has a Nigerian maiden name in a British passport , who stands here wearing denim shorts and a strappy ...
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... mother , who quite suddenly took charge and began to outshout them all , speaking rapidly in a mixture of Yoruba and broken English . " Wetin you be wanting , now ? You no go want us to chop ? Ten thousand naira , sae everything is okay ...
... mother , who quite suddenly took charge and began to outshout them all , speaking rapidly in a mixture of Yoruba and broken English . " Wetin you be wanting , now ? You no go want us to chop ? Ten thousand naira , sae everything is okay ...
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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