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Helen Oyeyemi
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born
December 10, 1984
in Nigeria
gender
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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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The Icarus Girl
   3.42 avg rating — 785 ratings
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2005
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Mr. Fox
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2011
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White is for Witching
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2009
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The Opposite House: A Novel
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2007
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Juniper's Whitening: AND Victimese
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2005
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MR Fox
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Le Blanc Va Aux Sorcières: Roman
by Helen Oyeyemi, Guillaume Villeneuve 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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2011
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Thirteen
by John McLay, Eoin Colfer , Margaret Mahy 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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One For the Trouble
by Patrick Neate, Patrick Ness, William Boyd 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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“If you should find yourself in a place that is indifferent to you and there is someone there that your spirit stretches to, then that person is kin.”
― Helen Oyeyemi, The Opposite House: A Novel
― Helen Oyeyemi, The Opposite House: A Novel
“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
“Like every girl, I only need to look up and a little to the right of me to see the hysteria that belongs to me, the one that hangs om a hook like an empty jacket and flutters with disappointment that I cannot wear her all the time. I call her my hysteric, and this personal hysteric of mine is designer made (though I'm not sure who made her), flattering and comfortable, attractive even, if you're around people who like that sort of thing. She is not anyone, my hysteric; she is blank, electricity dancing around a filament, singing to kill.”
― Helen Oyeyemi, The Opposite House: A Novel
― Helen Oyeyemi, The Opposite House: A Novel
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