- Title:
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The Famished Road (MP3)
- Written by:
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Ben Okri
- Read by:
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Hugh Quarshie
- Format:
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Unabridged MP3 CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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2
- Duration:
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19 hours 47 minutes
- MP3 size:
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819 MB
- Published:
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February 01 2020
- Available Date:
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February 01 2020
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9780655651284
- Genres:
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Fiction; Literary Fiction
- Publisher:
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Bolinda/Audible audio
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So long as we are alive, so long as we feel, so long as we love, everything in us is an energy we can use.
He is born into a world of poverty, ignorance and injustice, but Azaro awakens with a smile on his face. Despite belonging to a spirit world made of enchantment, where there is no suffering, Azaro chooses to stay in the land of the Living: to feel it, endure it, know it and love it. This is his story.
Azaro, is an abiku, a spirit child, who in the Yoruba tradition of Nigeria exists between life and death. The life he foresees for himself and the tale he tells is full of sadness and tragedy, but inexplicably he is born smiling. Nearly called back to the land of the dead, he is resurrected. But in their efforts to save their child, Azaro's loving parents are made destitute. In this Man Booker Prize winning story, the tension between the land of the living, with its violence and political struggles, and the temptations of the carefree kingdom of the spirits propels a latter-day Lazarus's tale.
'This is a book to generate apostles. People will be moved and, with stars in their eyes, will pass on the word.'
Time Out