《The Opposite House》是Anchor出版的圖書，作者是Helen Oyeyemi
基本介紹
- ISBN：9781400078769
- 作者：Helen Oyeyemi
- 出版社：Anchor
- 出版時間：2008年6月10日
- 頁數：272
- 定價：USD 13.95
- 裝幀：Paperback
內容簡介
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. Yemaya is a Santeria emissary who lives in a mysterious somewherehouse with two doors: one opening to London, the...(展開全部) 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. Yemaya is a Santeria emissary who lives in a mysterious somewherehouse with two doors: one opening to London, the other to Lagos. She is troubled by the ease with which her fellow emissaries have disguised themselves behind the personas of saints and by her inability to recognize them. Interweaving these two tales. Helen Oyeyemi, acclaimed author of The Icarus Girl , spins a dazzling tale about faith, identity, and self-discovery.
