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The Famished Road
First-edition cover
Author
Ben Okri
Language
English
Genre
Magic realism
Set in
Nigeria, 1950s–60snote
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Publication date
14 March 1991
Publication place
United Kingdom
Media type
Print: hardback
Pages
500
ISBN
9780224027014
OCLC
935491907
Dewey Decimal
823.914
LC Class
PR9387.9 .O394
Followed by
Songs of Enchantment
The Famished Road is a novel by Nigerian author Ben Okri, the first book in a trilogy that continues with Songs of Enchantment (1993) and Infinite Riches (1998). Published in London in 1991 by Jonathan Cape,[1]The Famished Road follows Azaro, an abiku, or spirit child, living in an unnamed African (most likely Nigerian) city. The novel employs a unique narrative style, incorporating the spirit world with the "real" world in what some have classified as animist realism. Others have labelled the book African traditional religion realism, while still others choose simply to call the novel fantasy literature.[citation needed] The book exploits the belief in the coexistence of the spiritual and material worlds that is a defining aspect of traditional African life.
The Famished Road was awarded the Booker Prize for Fiction for 1991,[2] making Okri the youngest ever winner of the prize at the age of 32.[3]
^Campbell, Lisa (20 May 2014). "Ben Okri moves to Head of Zeus". The Bookseller.
^"The Famished Road" at The Man Booker Prize website.
^"Ben Okri", The Cultural Frontline, BBC World Service, 1 May 2016.
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