The Famished Road
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Descripción
BOOKER PRIZE WINNER - A modern classic that reveals the tension between the land of the living, with its violence and political struggles, and the temptations of the carefree kingdom of the spirits. - "A dazzling achievement for any writer in any language." --The New York Times Book Review
In the decade since it won the Booker Prize, Ben Okri's Famished Road has become a classic. Like Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children or Gabriel Garcia Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude, it combines brilliant narrative technique with a fresh vision to create an essential work of world literature. The narrator, Azaro, is an abiku, a spirit child, who in the Yoruba tradition of Nigeria exists between life and death. The life he foresees for himself and the tale he tells is full of sadness and tragedy, but inexplicably he is born with a smile on his face. Nearly called back to the land of the dead, he is resurrected. But in their efforts to save their child, Azaro's loving parents are made destitute.
In the decade since it won the Booker Prize, Ben Okri's Famished Road has become a classic. Like Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children or Gabriel Garcia Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude, it combines brilliant narrative technique with a fresh vision to create an essential work of world literature. The narrator, Azaro, is an abiku, a spirit child, who in the Yoruba tradition of Nigeria exists between life and death. The life he foresees for himself and the tale he tells is full of sadness and tragedy, but inexplicably he is born with a smile on his face. Nearly called back to the land of the dead, he is resurrected. But in their efforts to save their child, Azaro's loving parents are made destitute.
Detalles
Formato | Tapa suave |
Número de Páginas | 512 |
Lenguaje | Inglés |
Editorial | Anchor Books |
Fecha de Publicación | 1993-05-01 |
Dimensiones | 7.9" x 5.2" x 0.9" pulgadas |
Letra Grande | No |
Con Ilustraciones | No |
Temas | Africano |
Premios | Man Booker Prize 1991 (Winner) |
Acerca del Autor
BEN OKRI's books have won several awards including the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Africa, the Paris Review Aga Khan Prize for Fiction and the prestigious International Literary Prize Chianti Rufino-Antico Fattore 1993. The Famished Road won the Booker Prize in 1991. He was born in Minna, Nigeria.
Garantía & Otros
Garantía: | 30 dias por defectos de fabrica |
Peso: | 0.34 kg |
SKU: | 9780385425131 |
Publicado en Unimart.com: | 24/07/24 |
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