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Songs of Enchantment - The Famished Road Trilogy
Songs of Enchantment - The Famished Road Trilogy
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Published:
17 February, 1994
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Description
The second book in the trilogy which began with the Booker prize-winning The Famished Road.
'A love story and an account of the conflict between the parties of the Rich and Poor... Okri's voice is all his own' Independent
Having outwitted death, Azaro, the spirit child, remains in the land of the Living. Oppression and violence continue to plague the city, and while political factions battle, bar owner Madame Koto backs the 'Party of the Rich' with magical, bewitching force. But for Azaro, his adventure is tied up with his parents, and so his story takes on yet another heroic adventure to save them both from the forces of the world.
'Ben Okri writes beautifully...a triumph of inspiration over the everyday' The Times
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780099218715 |
| ISBN10 | 0099218712 |
| Number Of Pages | 304 |
| Item Weight | 218 g |
| Product Dimensions | 130 x 197 x 20 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Vintage Publishing |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
Triumphant...a joyful and entertaining read * Guardian *
Passages of extraordinary beauty... Okri paints a convincing surrealist picture * Sunday Times *
Reading Okri felt to me like talking to someone who has a secret * New Statesman *
Ben Okri writes beautifully... a triumph of inspiration over the everyday. His prose is dense with pungent metaphor, sometimes whimsical, sometimes bawdy... fraught with wild visions * The Times *
A love story and an account of the conflict between the parties of the rich and the poor... Okri's voice is all his own * Independent *
A prodigious talent * Time *
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Author's Bio
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.