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The Famished Road (Famished Road, Bk 1)
The Famished Road - Famished Road, Bk 1
Author: Ben Okri
Set in an unnamed African country at an unspecified time (though the similarities with Nigeria in the early 1960s are unmistakable), The Famished Road is narrated by Azaro, an African spirit-child or abiku who, in the folklore of southern Nigeria, is destined to move continually between life and spiritual paradise in an unending cycle of ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780385424769
ISBN-10: 0385424760
Publication Date: 5/1/1992
Pages: 500
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Publisher: Nan A. Talese
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 1
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Awesome. The language is beautifully vivid. The story alternates between the spirit world and the world of the living for a young spirit child. Not what you expect. Read it and find out.


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