Songs of Enchantment by Ben Okri - ISBN: 9780099218715
Paperback
Spirit child battles oppression, magic, and fates for family’s survival.

Songs of Enchantment

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  • Paperback

    304 pages

  • Release Date

    5 April 1994

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Summary

The second book in the trilogy which began with the Booker prize-winning The Famished Road.

‘A love story and an account of the conflict between the parties of the Rich and Poor… Okri’s voice is all his own’ Independent

Having outwitted death, Azaro, the spirit child, remains in the land of the Living. Oppression and violence continue to plague the city, and while political factions battle, bar owner Madame Koto backs the ‘Party of the Rich’ with magical, bew…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780099218715
ISBN-10:0099218712
Author:Ben Okri
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Imprint:Vintage
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:304
Release Date:5 April 1994
Weight:218g
Dimensions:20mm x 130mm x 197mm
Series:The Famished Road Trilogy
A-Format
Songs of Enchantment by Ben Okri - ISBN: 9780099218715
130 × 197 mm
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C-Format
A4
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What They're Saying

Critics Review

“Ben Okri writes beautifully.” –The Times

Triumphant…a joyful and entertaining read * Guardian *
Passages of extraordinary beauty… Okri paints a convincing surrealist picture * Sunday Times *
Reading Okri felt to me like talking to someone who has a secret * New Statesman *
Ben Okri writes beautifully… a triumph of inspiration over the everyday. His prose is dense with pungent metaphor, sometimes whimsical, sometimes bawdy… fraught with wild visions * The Times *
A love story and an account of the conflict between the parties of the rich and the poor… Okri’s voice is all his own * Independent *
A prodigious talent * Time *

About The Author

Ben Okri

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.

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