The famished road
Okri, Ben2003
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This is the story of Azaro, a spirit child who is born only to live for a short while before returning to the idyllic world of his spirit companions. Now he has chosen to stay in the world of the living. So long as we are alive, so long as we feel, so long as we love, everything in us is an energy we can use.He is born into a world of poverty, ignorance and injustice, but Azaro awakens with a smile on his face. 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.
Main title:
The famished road / Ben Okri.
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Imprint:
London : Vintage, 1992.
Collation:
500 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London: Jonathan Cape, 1991.
Awards:
Booker Prize, 1991
ISBN:
9780099929307 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.914GEN
LC class:
PR9387.9
Language:
English
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BRN:
305008