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The Famished Road
de Okri, Ben
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
Paperback. Virago. UK. 1992. Paperback. First edition in this Virago printing with full numberline. Covers are bright with very good edges and tips showing old price of �5.99. Spine has light, superficial 'creasing' but spine has not been broken and book is unread. Pages are age toned otherwise clean and unmarked. Ben Okri won the Booker Prize in 1991 with 'The Famished Road' which was first printed in that year. Not exlib and packed and sent with care.
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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- N K Burchill Rana Books
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- Título
- The Famished Road
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- Okri, Ben
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- Tapa blanda
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- booker prize winner;
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- Booker Prize Winner;
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