London England: Jonathan Cape Ltd. Hardcover. The Famished Road. Azao is a spirit-child. When he was born his mother recognised him and this recognition brought her sadness. For the spirit-child is one who has not severed his links with the spirit world that most children abandon at birth, his memory of that idyllic life remains strong and he yearns to return, has promised to return to his spirit companions and leave behind his parents and the world of the living. It is this knowledge that causes his parents' sorrow. Only now Azaro is tired of coming and going, of being born and reborn, of never staying long enough to experience life. This time he decides to stay. This time he is resolved to make his mother smile. 500 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic and Scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Educational Reference Literature.) . Near Fine. Cloth. Reprint. 1991.

Sinopsis

Ben Okri is a Nigerian poet and novelist who is often described as one of Africa's greatest writers. The Famished Road is the 1991 winner of the Man Booker prize. This unusual story is set in the ghetto of an unnamed city in West Africa. The narrator-protagonist Azaro is about seven years of age who flits between the spirit world of dreams and the heart-wrenching slums of poverty. He is described as an abiku or spirit-child. The abiku are said to be constantly coming and going between our world and the spirit-world. But when the newly-born Azaro first sees the sad and beautiful face of his mother, he decides to stop the unrelenting cycle of dying and being reborn. He decides to stay among the living. The story follows him as he tries to live his life, always aware of the spirits trying to bring him back. Okri captivates the reader with this richly descriptive novel.

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El Jan 24 2007, Fict dijo:

Good, but perhaps a little too prone to wander into surrealism for some.

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Inventario del vendedor #: 099950
Título: The Famished Road
Autor: Ben Okri
Formato/Encuadernación: Cloth
Estado del libro: Usado - Near Fine
Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine
Cantidad disponible: 1
Edición: Reprint
Encuadernación: Tapa dura
ISBN 10: 0224027018
ISBN 13: 9780224027014
Editorial: Jonathan Cape Ltd
Lugar de publicación: London England
Fecha de publicación: 1991
Tamaño: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Palabras clave: Fiction Spirit Child The Famished Road Ben Okri 0224027018

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