01289nam a22001817a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005804000070007604100080008308200180009110000130010924500180012226000260014030000330016636500620019952008140026165000320107520220303123614.0220225b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9781529114911  cAL  aeng  223a823bOKRF  aBen Okri  aFamished road  aLondonbVintagec2003  aviii,574p.bPBc19.5x12.5cm.  2Generala5944b₹559.20c₹d₹699.00e20%f18-02-2022  aAzaro, is a spirit child, who in many traditions of Nigeria exists between life and death. Born into a difficult world, Azaro awakens with a smile on his face. Despite belonging to a spirit world made of enchantment, where there is no suffering, Azaro chooses to stay in the land of the Living: to feel it, endure it, know it and love it. This is his story. 'In a magnificent feat of sustained imaginative writing, Okri spins a tale that is epic and intimate at the same time. The Famished Road rekindled my sense of wonder. It made me, at age 50, look at the world through the wide eyes of a child' Michael Palin 'This is a book to generate apostles. People will be moved and, with stars in their eyes, will pass on the word' Time Out 'Ben Okri is incapable of writing a boring sentence' ndependent on Sunday  2LiteratureaEnglish Fiction