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The Famished Road: Introduction by Vanessa Guignery (Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics Series)
de Okri, Ben
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0593320255
- ISBN 13
- 9780593320259
- Librería
-
West Columbia, South Carolina, United States
Formas de pago aceptadas
Sobre este artículo
Everyman's Library, 2021-09-07. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 5x1x8. First Edition of the Everyman's Library edition. Dust jacket and book are clean. Red cloth boards. Has a good binding, no marks or notations. 558 pages. Dust jacket price not clipped. Octavo.
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.
Reseñas
El Jan 24 2007, Fict dijo:
Good, but perhaps a little too prone to wander into surrealism for some.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Ed's Editions Bookstore
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 221950
- Título
- The Famished Road: Introduction by Vanessa Guignery (Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics Series)
- Autor
- Okri, Ben
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0593320255
- ISBN 13
- 9780593320259
- Editorial
- Everyman's Library
- Fecha de publicación
- 2021-09-07
- Tamaño
- 5x1x8
- X weight
- 23 oz
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Sobre el vendedor
Ed's Editions Bookstore
Miembro de Biblio desde 2007
West Columbia, South Carolina
Sobre Ed's Editions Bookstore
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