books by Helen Oyeyemi

books by Helen Oyeyemi

books:

Helen Oyeyemi

White is for Witching: A Novel
Helen Oyeyemi

Nan A. Talese, 2009

At only twenty-three years of age, Helen Oyeyemi returns with her third novel: a mesmerizing neo-gothic tale about a young woman with an uncertain legacy that recalls the emotional depth of Kazuo Ishiguro?s Never Let Me Go and the delicious eeriness of Neil Gaiman. " Miranda is at home ? homesick, home sick..." As a child, Miranda Silver ...

Juniper's Whitening and Victimese (Methuen Drama)
Helen Oyeyemi

A&C Black, 2005

Two plays exploring the pain of living and the difficulty of dying by a new teenage sensation. Juniper's Whitening "Tell me this-is it true that if you make someone die, and they come out the other side, it doesn't matter? I'm sure something clung to Lazarus. Something must've shone through him." In Aleph, ...

The Icarus Girl

Helen Oyeyemi

Anchor, 2006

engrossing but disappointing
In her debut novel "Icarus girl" Helen Oyeyemi, a young British writer of Nigerian origin, centers on an eight-year-old girl, Jessamy Harrison. Jessamy is a daughter of Sara, a strong-willed writer from Nigeria, and Daniel, a gentle, withdrawn man. The novel begins ...

The Opposite House

Helen Oyeyemi

Anchor, 2008

This books gives you a lot to think about
Helen Oyeyemi is a young woman of Nigerian descent who has lived in London since 1988, when she was four years old. Being a black immigrant in Great Britain seems to have had a direct influence on this book, The Opposite House. This is an unusual book and not a ...