The Famished Road
by Ben Okri
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Azaro, a spirit child, is born in a small African village and makes the surprising decision to stay alive rather than return to this sprit world home. He alone can see the invisible witches, demons, and monsters that pray upon the living, but perhaps more terrifying are the horrors of the real world: hunger, poverty, political strongmen, greedy landlords, and corrupt British colonials. A mythic, hallucinatory, and epic tale, THE FAMISHED ROAD uses a magic-realism and delicious poetry to conjure the desperate struggle of Africa's disenfranchised. Nigerian poet Ben Okri's novel won the Man Booker in 1991.
Editions of The Famished Road
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ISBN |
Binding/Format Paperback |
Publisher Anchor Books |
Date 1993 |
Price $1.00 |
 Used, Very Good |
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ISBN |
Binding/Format Hardcover |
Publisher Bantam Dell Pub Group |
Date 1992 |
Price $1.00 |
Good |
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ISBN |
Binding/Format Book |
Publisher J. Cape |
Date 1991 |
Price £2.00 |
Fair |
Publisher Notes
Set in the ghetto of an African city during British colonial rule, this rich, phantasmagorical novel follows Azaro, a "spirit-child" who has reneged on a pact with the spirit world. Winner of the 1991 Booker Prize, this book is "something approaching a masterpiece of magic realism...." -- The Wall Street Journal
Media Reviews
"A mesmerizing vision of modern Nigeria, seen through the eyes of a peculiarly sentient child...'The Famished Road' is a quintessential African novel."
Customer Reviews
on Jan 24 2007, fict said:
"Good, but perhaps a little too prone to wander into surrealism for some."
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