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SONGS OF ENCHANTMENT
Ben Okri
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Description for SONGS OF ENCHANTMENT
Paperback. One great thought can change the dreams of the world. One great action, lived out all the way to the sea, can change the history of the world. The adventures of Azaro, the spirit child, continue. From the bestselling author of The Famished Road comes this radiant sequel. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 220.
The second book in the trilogy which began with the Booker prize-winning The Famished Road.
'A love story and an account of the conflict between the parties of the Rich and Poor... Okri's voice is all his own' Independent
Having outwitted death, Azaro, the spirit child, remains in the land of the Living. Oppression and violence continue to plague the city, and while political factions battle, bar owner Madame Koto backs the 'Party of the Rich' with magical, bewitching force. But for Azaro, his adventure is tied up with his parents, and so his story takes on yet another heroic adventure to save them both from the forces of the world.
'Ben Okri writes beautifully...a triumph of inspiration over the everyday' The Times
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099218715
SKU
V9780099218715
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Ref
99-98
About Ben Okri
Ben Okri has published 8 novels, including The Famished Road, as well as collections of poetry, short stories and essays. His work has been translated into more than twenty languages. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and has been awarded the OBE as well as numerous international prizes, including the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Africa, the Aga Khan Prize for Fiction and the Chianti Rufino-Antico Fattore. He is a Vice-President of the English Centre of International PEN and was presented with a Crystal Award by the World Economic Forum. He was born in Nigeria and lives in London.
Reviews for SONGS OF ENCHANTMENT
Triumphant...a joyful and entertaining read
Guardian
Passages of extraordinary beauty... Okri paints a convincing surrealist picture
Sunday Times
Reading Okri felt to me like talking to someone who has a secret
New Statesman
Ben Okri writes beautifully... a triumph of inspiration over the everyday. His prose is dense with pungent metaphor, sometimes whimsical, sometimes bawdy... fraught with wild visions
The Times
A love story and an account of the conflict between the parties of the rich and the poor... Okri's voice is all his own
Independent
A prodigious talent
Time
Guardian
Passages of extraordinary beauty... Okri paints a convincing surrealist picture
Sunday Times
Reading Okri felt to me like talking to someone who has a secret
New Statesman
Ben Okri writes beautifully... a triumph of inspiration over the everyday. His prose is dense with pungent metaphor, sometimes whimsical, sometimes bawdy... fraught with wild visions
The Times
A love story and an account of the conflict between the parties of the rich and the poor... Okri's voice is all his own
Independent
A prodigious talent
Time