Infinite Riches
Published on 30. September 2010
400 pages
978-1-4090-8767-0 (ISBN)
Description
FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE FAMISHED ROAD
In the chaotic world of his African city, the spirit child Azaro still watches the tumultous and tender lives of the Living; refusing to return to his realm. With his father now imprisoned for a crime he did not commit and his mother battling for justice, the final chapter of Azaro's epic adventure is an explosive and haunting climax to this masterful trilogy.
'His most apocalyptic, explosive vision yet' Scotsman
'A novel of paradoxes and impossibilities, conceived poetically and carrying readers along as though
on a fast-flowing stream' Literary Review
In the chaotic world of his African city, the spirit child Azaro still watches the tumultous and tender lives of the Living; refusing to return to his realm. With his father now imprisoned for a crime he did not commit and his mother battling for justice, the final chapter of Azaro's epic adventure is an explosive and haunting climax to this masterful trilogy.
'His most apocalyptic, explosive vision yet' Scotsman
'A novel of paradoxes and impossibilities, conceived poetically and carrying readers along as though
on a fast-flowing stream' Literary Review
Reviews / Votes
His most apocalyptic, explosive vision yet * Scotsman * A novel of paradoxes and impossibilities, conceived poetically and carrying readers along as though on a fast-flowing stream...I admire it hugely * Literary Review * A potent combination of political, metaphorical and mythical storytelling...pure celebration * Scotsman * A deliberate and important piece of writing * Times Literary Supplement * Okri's writing is hailed for its intelligent, tenderness, poeticism and luminosity * Financial Times * Okri is infinitely rich in imagination... there is a fantastic sense of the magic of Africa and a wonder at its strangeness * Independent *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Vintage Publishing
File size
1,01 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4090-8767-0 (9781409087670)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Person
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.
