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Helen Oyeyemi
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in Nigeria
December 10, 1984
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huh. calendar says 11 days until i move to berlin. yes, with my three enormous suitcases, blah blah, the usual. i remember falling hard for paris because it had all those buttery baked goods & it never even came close to letting me in. then prague has its overwhelming blackened stone & green-gold neither frivolous nor serious thing - but this berlin move is scary. in a 'could this be a...
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Mr. Fox
— published 2011 — 15 editions |
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The Icarus Girl
— published 2005 — 21 editions |
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White is for Witching
— published 2009 — 11 editions |
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The Opposite House: A Novel
— published 2007 — 10 editions |
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Juniper's Whitening: AND Victimese
— published 2005 |
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African Love Stories: An Anthology
by Ama Ata Aidoo , Ama Ata Adioo , Anthonia C. Kalu — published 2006 — 2 editions |
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Thirteen
by John McLay, Eoin Colfer , Margaret Mahy — published 2005 — 2 editions |
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One for the Trouble
by Irvine Welsh, William Boyd, Hari Kunzru — published 2011 — 3 editions |
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“Please tell me a story about a girl who gets away."
I would, even if I had to adapt one, even if I had to make one up just for her. "Gets away from what, though?"
"From her fairy godmother. From the happy ending that isn't really happy at all. Please have her get out and run off of the page altogether, to somewhere secret where words like 'happy' and 'good' will never find her."
"You don't want her to be happy and good?"
"I'm not sure what's really meant by happy and good. I would like her to be free. Now. Please begin.”
― Helen Oyeyemi, White is for Witching
I would, even if I had to adapt one, even if I had to make one up just for her. "Gets away from what, though?"
"From her fairy godmother. From the happy ending that isn't really happy at all. Please have her get out and run off of the page altogether, to somewhere secret where words like 'happy' and 'good' will never find her."
"You don't want her to be happy and good?"
"I'm not sure what's really meant by happy and good. I would like her to be free. Now. Please begin.”
― Helen Oyeyemi, White is for Witching
“And without further argument he unsheathed the sword and cleaved Miss Foxe's head from her neck. He knew what was supposed to happen. He knew that this awkward, whispering creature before him should now transform into a princess - dazzlingly beautiful, free, and made wise by her hardship.
That is not what happened.”
― Helen Oyeyemi, Mr. Fox
That is not what happened.”
― Helen Oyeyemi, Mr. Fox
“Solitary people, these book lovers. I think it's swell that there are people you don't have to worry about when you don't see them for a long time, you don't have to wonder what they do, how they're getting along with themselves. You just know that they're all right, and probably doing something they like.”
― Helen Oyeyemi, Mr. Fox
― Helen Oyeyemi, Mr. Fox
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