Famished Road (häftad)
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Format
Häftad (B-format paperback)
Språk
Engelska
Serie
Famished Road Trilogy (del 1)
Antal sidor
592
Utgivningsdatum
1992-02-06
Förlag
Vintage Publishing
Dimensioner
200 x 130 x 35 mm
Vikt
400 g
ISBN
9780099929307

Famished Road

av Ben Okri
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Häftad,  Engelska, 1992-02-06
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WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 'So long as we are alive, so long as we feel, so long as we love, everything in us is an energy we can use' The narrator, Azaro, is an abiku, a spirit child, who in the Yoruba tradition of Nigeria exists between life and death. He is born into a world of poverty, ignorance and injustice, but Azaro awakens with a smile on his face. Nearly called back to the land of the dead, he is resurrected. But in their efforts to save their child, Azaro's loving parents are made destitute. The tension between the land of the living, with its violence and political struggles, and the temptations of the carefree kingdom of the spirits propels this latter-day Lazarus's story. Despite belonging to a spirit world made of enchantment, where there is no suffering, Azaro chooses to stay in the land of the Living: to feel it, endure it, know it and love it. This is his story. 'In a magnificent feat of sustained imaginative writing, Okri spins a tale that is epic and intimate at the same time. The Famished Road rekindled my sense of wonder. It made me, at age 50, look at the world through the wide eyes of a child' Michael Palin
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    Lena Rydström, 26 maj 2025

    I have always loved this book, I read it shortly after it was first published and have read it several times since. Ben Okri's language is one of a kind, rich, vibrant and spiritual. It's a book to return to, time and time again. The first chapter is one of the most beautiful and powerful in the history of literature. It's a jewel in my bookshelf.

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Ben Okri has published 8 novels, including The Famished Road, as well as collections of poetry, short stories and essays. His work has been translated into more than twenty languages. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and has been awarded the OBE as well as numerous international prizes, including the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Africa, the Aga Khan Prize for Fiction and the Chianti Rufino-Antico Fattore. He is a Vice-President of the English Centre of International PEN and was presented with a Crystal Award by the World Economic Forum. He was born in Nigeria and lives in London.

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