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A collection of poems reflecting Okri's concerns about Africa's colossal economic and political problems.
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About the Author
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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"Authenticity shines out of these poems in the way it does from some East European and Russian poets" * Times Literary Supplement * "Accessible and affecting... Born of a big spirit that one cannot ignore" -- Gillian Ferguson * Scotland on Sunday * "A kaleidoscope of tersely condensed implications, with pregnant shifts of mood, tone and meaning brought to bear in the space of each line break... Most of Okri's writing is best understood as poetry, even when not laid out in broken lines" -- Michael Horovitz
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- PublisherVintage
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0099736012
- ISBN 13 9780099736011
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages84
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