Helen Oyeyemi





Helen Oyeyemi

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December 10, 1984

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Helen Oyeyemi is a British novelist and playwright. She was born in Nigeria in 1984 and raised in London. She wrote her widely acclaimed first novel, The Icarus Girl, before her nineteenth birthday; she graduated from Cambridge University in 2006.


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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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Average rating: 3.45 · 3,315 ratings · 689 reviews · 8 distinct works · Similar authors
Mr. Fox
3.49 of 5 stars 3.49 avg rating — 1,385 ratings — published 2011 — 15 editions
The Icarus Girl
3.45 of 5 stars 3.45 avg rating — 1,084 ratings — published 2005 — 21 editions
White is for Witching
3.36 of 5 stars 3.36 avg rating — 603 ratings — published 2009 — 11 editions
The Opposite House: A Novel
3.29 of 5 stars 3.29 avg rating — 185 ratings — published 2007 — 10 editions
Juniper's Whitening: AND Vi...
3.33 of 5 stars 3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2005
African Love Stories: An An...
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3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions
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3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions
One for the Trouble
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4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings — 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

“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

“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

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