The Famished Road - Rilegato

Okri, Ben

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ISBN 10: 0224027018 ISBN 13: 9780224027014

Casa editrice: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1993

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This novel, winner of the 1991 Booker Prize, is set in a poor people's compound during the Nigerian civil war, and reflects the changes in Africa since 1960. It tells how a young boy's failure to subdue his spiritual powers has disturbing consequences for him and his parents.

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Recensione:

“A brilliant read, unlike anything you have ever read before...the message is universal.” -- Philip Howard, The Times

“Okri is incapable of writing a boring sentence. As one startling image follows the next, The Famished Road begins to read like an epic poem that happens to touch down just this side of prose.... When I finished the book and went outside, it was as if all the trees of South London had angels sitting in them.” -- Linda Grant, Independent on Sunday

“It is a rich, provocative and hopeful vision of the world, stuffed full of drama and surprise.... Its literary lineage -- the ease with which spirits move through everyday life -- is from ancient Greece and medieval romances.” -- Robert Winder, Independent

“Overwhelming...just buy it for its beauty.” -- Jenny Turner, New Statesman & Society
From the Trade Paperback edition.

L'autore:

Ben Okri was born in Lagos, Nigeria. He lives in London.
From the Trade Paperback edition.

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