Books by Ben Okri
Born: 1959Ben Okri Biography & Notes
Ben Okri (born March 15, 1959) is a Nigerian poet and novelist. He was educated at Essex University. His first novel, Flowers and Shadows, was published in 1980. Okri won the Booker Prize for Fiction in 1991 for The Famished Road, and was awarded an OBE in 2001.
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An African Elegy by Ben Okri ( 1992) |
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Astonishing the Gods by Ben Okri ( 1995) |
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Dangerous Love by Ben Okri ( 1996) |
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The Famished Road by Ben Okri ( 1993)
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
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Flowers and Shadows by Ben Okri ( 1989) |
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In Arcadia by Ben Okri ( 2002) |
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Incidents at the Shrine by Ben Okri ( 1986) |
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Infinite Riches by Ben Okri ( 1999) |
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The Landscapes Within by Ben Okri ( 1981) |
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Mental Flight An Anti-Spell for the 21st Century by Ben Okri ( 1999) |
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More Great Railway Journeys by Henry Louis Gates, Ben Okri, Benedict Allen, Chris Bonington, Victoria Wood, Buck Henry, Alexi Sayle ( 1996)
Their journeys range from the far flung to the more familiar, from Argentina, where Buck Henry follows the cowboy trail, to northern Britain, where comedienne Victoria Wood visits seaside towns and deserted stations. In Africa, the young explorer Benedict Allen follows in the footsteps of some of the great Victorian explorers as he goes in search of the source of the Nile, while further south, the American poet Henry Louis Gates Jr learns more about his African heritage as he journeys from Zimbabwe to Tanzania.
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Riquezas infinitas/ Infinite Richness by Ben Okri ( 2006) |
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Songs of Enchantment by Ben Okri ( 1993)
A sequel to the Booker Prize-winning The Famished Road blends myth and naturalism in the story of Azaro, the spirit-child who lives in an impoverished African village, and the upheavals that he and his family face.
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Stars of the Curfew by Ben Okri ( 1990) |
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Tales of Freedom by Ben Okri ( 2009)
Brings both poetry and story together in a different form, using writing and image pared down to their essentials, where haiku and story meet. This title offers a different, transcendent way of looking at our extreme, gritty world - and shows the wealth of freedom that's available beyond the confines of our usual perceptions.
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El mago de las Estrellas/ Starbook by Ben Okri ( 2008) |
