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The Famished Road

Ben Okri

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The Famished Road won the Booker Prize. Azaro is a spirit child, who in many traditions of Nigeria exists between life and death. Born into a difficult world, 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.

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Publisher
Jonathan Cape
ISBN-13
9781448138548
Topics
Spirit world and mysticismAfrican identity and folkloreComing of age

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