Astonishing the Gods
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Selected as one of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World'. From Booker Prize winner Ben Okri, a deceptively simple modern fable with an ancient origin. A young man finds himself living among invisible beings who have built a utopia based on one principle: that we must repeat or suffer every experience until we experience it properly and fully for the first time.'A modern day classic' Evening Standard'Beautiful. A new creation myth' Daily Telegraph'Amazing. I think this is as close as you can get to reliving the experience of a bedtime story' Guardian
CONTRIBUTORS: Ben Okri
EAN: 9781784082550
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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HEIGHT: 198 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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GENRE: FICTION / Literary
WIDTH: 129 cm
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Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
A modern-day classic, Beautiful. A new creation myth, Amazing. I think this is as close as you can get to reliving the experience of a bedtime story, Genuinely fresh insight... the invisibility theme is a good one, for the multiple associations it carries, especially for an African writer'
Ben Okri was born in Minna, Nigeria. His childhood was divided between Nigeria, where he saw first hand the consequences of war, and London. He has won many prizes over the years for his fiction, and is also an acclaimed essayist, playwright, and poet. In 2019 Astonishing the Gods was named as one of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World'.
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Selected as one of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World'. From Booker Prize winner Ben Okri, a deceptively simple modern fable with an ancient origin. A young man finds himself living among invisible beings who have built a utopia based on one principle: that we must repeat or suffer every experience until we experience it properly and fully for the first time.'A modern day classic' Evening Standard'Beautiful. A new creation myth' Daily Telegraph'Amazing. I think this is as close as you can get to reliving the experience of a bedtime story' Guardian
CONTRIBUTORS: Ben Okri
EAN: 9781784082550
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
PAGES:
WEIGHT: 0 g
HEIGHT: 198 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
DATE PUBLISHED:
CITY:
GENRE: FICTION / Literary
WIDTH: 129 cm
SPINE:
Book Themes:
Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
Ben Okri was born in Minna, Nigeria. His childhood was divided between Nigeria, where he saw first hand the consequences of war, and London. He has won many prizes over the years for his fiction, and is also an acclaimed essayist, playwright, and poet. In 2019 Astonishing the Gods was named as one of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World'.
