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2022803The Icarus Girlhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-icarus-girl/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/187668/08fe5b22-24a8-49ce-b9bb-fd71271ab08c.jpg?v=638333738234600000106117MXNKnopf Doubleday Publishing GroupInStock/Ebooks/<p>The audacious first novel from the award-winning and bestselling author of <em>Boy, Snow, Bird</em> and <em>What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours </em> Oyeyemi brilliantly conjures up the raw emotions and playground banter of childhood. . . . A masterly first novel.<em>The New York Times Book Review</em></p><p>"Remarkable. . . . As original as it is unsettling, <em>The Icarus Girl</em> runs straight at the heart of what it means to belong." <em>O, The Oprah Magazine</em></p><p>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 TillyTillys visits become more disturbing, until Jess realizes she doesnt 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.</p>...1983513The Icarus Girl106117https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-icarus-girl/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/187668/08fe5b22-24a8-49ce-b9bb-fd71271ab08c.jpg?v=638333738234600000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20079780307428738_W3siaWQiOiJhYmJiM2M5ZC1lNTY2LTQwNWYtYjExZC0xZmQ4NzM0NTI1YzIiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjExNywiZGlzY291bnQiOjExLCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjEwNiwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDctMDFUMDA6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9780307428738_<p>The audacious first novel from the award-winning and highly acclaimed Helen Oyeyemi.</p><p>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 TillyTillys visits become more disturbing, until Jess realizes she doesnt 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.</p>...(*_*)9780307428738_<p>The audacious first novel from the award-winning and bestselling author of <em>Boy, Snow, Bird</em> and <em>What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours </em> Oyeyemi brilliantly conjures up the raw emotions and playground banter of childhood. . . . A masterly first novel.<em>The New York Times Book Review</em></p><p>"Remarkable. . . . As original as it is unsettling, <em>The Icarus Girl</em> runs straight at the heart of what it means to belong." <em>O, The Oprah Magazine</em></p><p>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 TillyTillys visits become more disturbing, until Jess realizes she doesnt 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.</p>...9780307428738_Knopf Doubleday Publishing Grouplibro_electonico_a2ee7c8f-e066-4038-8836-1630e3e14ecb_9780307428738;9780307428738_9780307428738Helen OyeyemiInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/RandomHouse-epub-a7dd4cb1-316e-4080-871d-9db2957a62b1.epub2007-12-18T00:00:00+00:00Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group