# The Opposite House

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- Book: [The Opposite House](https://www.bookquiver.com/helen-oyeyemi/the-opposite-house) ([The Opposite House.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/helen-oyeyemi/the-opposite-house.md))
- Authors: [Helen Oyeyemi](https://www.bookquiver.com/helen-oyeyemi)
- Publisher: anchor
- ISBN: 978-14-0007-876-9
- Pages: 272
- Published: 2008-06-10
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

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...