The Opposite House
• Helen Oyeyemi • ISBN-13 978-1400078769
The Opposite House
ISBN-10: 1400078768 · ISBN-13: 978-1400078769 · 2008
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Lyrical and intensely moving, The Opposite House explores the thin wall between myth and reality through the alternating tales of two young women. Growing up in London, Maja, a singer, always struggled to negotiate her Afro-Cuban background with her physical home.
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Contributor: the ease with which her fellow emissaries have disguised themselves behind the personas of saints and by her inability to
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Category: (anchor/Prh)Category: FantasyCategory: Magical RealismCategory: (penguin)Category: Women's Literature
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