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Explore the extraordinary imagination of Booker Prize-winner and visionary author Ben Okri one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary literature.
There is much to celebrate in the human journey so far art in all its forms, advances made in the fields of technology and medicine and, for many of us, the miracle of freedom. But there is also much to regret racism, intolerance, the destruction of our environment, the reality and the legacy of slavery.
In this epic poem, Ben Okri invokes the past to explain the present, and sings out a message of hope. The future is still ours to make.
'An angry, hopeful, weary, wary, epic reveille to the human spirit' The Times
There is much to celebrate in the human journey so far art in all its forms, advances made in the fields of technology and medicine and, for many of us, the miracle of freedom. But there is also much to regret racism, intolerance, the destruction of our environment, the reality and the legacy of slavery.
In this epic poem, Ben Okri invokes the past to explain the present, and sings out a message of hope. The future is still ours to make.
'An angry, hopeful, weary, wary, epic reveille to the human spirit' The Times
Explore the extraordinary imagination of Booker Prize-winner and visionary author Ben Okri one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary literature.
There is much to celebrate in the human journey so far art in all its forms, advances made in the fields of technology and medicine and, f...
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About the author
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'.
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 on...
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