Description
FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE FAMISHED ROAD
In the chaotic world of his African city, the spirit child Azaro still watches the tumultous and tender lives of the Living; refusing to return to his realm. With his father now imprisoned for a crime he did not commit and his mother battling for justice, the final chapter of Azaro's epic adventure is an explosive and haunting climax to this masterful trilogy.
'His most apocalyptic, explosive vision yet' Scotsman
'A novel of paradoxes and impossibilities, conceived poetically and carrying readers along as though
on a fast-flowing stream' Literary Review
The third book in the epic trilogy published for the first time in Vintage
About the Author
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
His most apocalyptic, explosive vision yet * Scotsman *
A novel of paradoxes and impossibilities, conceived poetically and carrying readers along as though on a fast-flowing stream...I admire it hugely * Literary Review *
A potent combination of political, metaphorical and mythical storytelling...pure celebration * Scotsman *
A deliberate and important piece of writing * Times Literary Supplement *
Okri's writing is hailed for its intelligent, tenderness, poeticism and luminosity * Financial Times *
Book Information
ISBN 9781529113112
Author Ben Okri
Format Paperback
Page Count 400
Imprint Vintage
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Series The Famished Road Trilogy
Weight(grams) 318g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 24mm
