The famished road / Ben Okri.

By:

Okri, Ben, 1959- [aut]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publisher: London : Cape, 1991Description: 500 sISBN:

0224027018
0099929309

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

820 22 (machine generated)

Other classification:

Hep.01
Hep
Hep.01

Summary: "The narrator, Azaro, is an abiku, a spirit child, who in the Yoruba tradition of Nigeria exists between life and death. The life he foresees for himself and the tale he tells is full of sadness and tragedy, but inexplicably he is born 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. "

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Book (loan)	Campus Karlskrona	Hep	Available		80012449730

"The narrator, Azaro, is an abiku, a spirit child, who in the Yoruba tradition of Nigeria exists between life and death. The life he foresees for himself and the tale he tells is full of sadness and tragedy, but inexplicably he is born 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. "