The Famished Road
by
Ben Okri
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Everyman’s Library Contemporary Classics
ISBN-10
1841594016
ISBN-13
9781841594019
Publisher
Everyman
Imprint
Everyman's Library
Country of Manufacture
DE
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 7th, 2021
Print length
624 Pages
Weight
650 grams
Dimensions
13.70 x 21.20 x 3.50 cms
Product Classification:
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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The narrator, Azaro, is an abiku, a spirit child, who in the Yoruba tradition of Nigeria exists between life and death. He is born into a world of poverty, ignorance and injustice, but Azaro awakens 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. The tension between the land of the living, with its violence and political struggles, and the temptations of the carefree kingdom of the spirits propels this latter-day Lazarus's story. 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.
The narrator, Azaro, is an abiku, a spirit child, who in the Yoruba tradition of Nigeria exists between life and death. He is born into a world of poverty, ignorance and injustice, but Azaro awakens 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. The tension between the land of the living, with its violence and political struggles, and the temptations of the carefree kingdom of the spirits propels this latter-day Lazarus''s story. 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.
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