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The river became a road and the road branched out to the whole world. And the river became a road and branched out to the whole world. When president bill clinton first went to africa he quoted from the famished road, which has inspired literature, art, politics, and pop songsand even been referenced in an episode of the simpsons. The famished road by ben okri overdrive rakuten overdrive. Ben okri writes beautifully and in the famished road, the book that won the 1991 booker award, he produces yet another fabulous read. Published in london in 1991 by jonathan cape, the story of the famished road follows azaro, an abiku or spirit child, living in an unnamed, most likely nigerian, city.
Azaro, the narratorprotagonist of okris famished road, is an abiku, or spiritchild, destined to undergo a recurring cycle of birth, early death, and rebirth. Okris the famished road is full of references to mythology, as we can see in the very first couple of sentences of the novel. Dec 31, 2002 nigerian born writer ben okri discusses his novel the famished road. All cultures and religions have an origin myth, and here we see okri drawing specifically on the myths of his. Open road media 0 12 0 summary winner of the man booker prize. Nov, 2015 the famished road by ben okri in fb2, fb3, rtf download ebook. Nigerian born writer ben okri discusses his novel the famished road. Full text of the famished road ben okri vintage classic 1991 see other formats. His work has been translated into more than twenty languages. In ben okri s the famished road 1991, the thick bushes and forests of west africa are being cleared to make way for roads and house foundationspiles of brick and cement were everywhere okri 2003.
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