Journey between the land of the Living and the spirit world in this magical Booker Prize-winning novel ‘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’ Azaro, is a spirit child, who in many traditions of Nigeria exists between life and death. Born into a difficult world, 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. ‘In a magnificent feat of sustained imaginative writing, Okri spins a tale that is epic and intimate at the same time. The Famished Road rekindled my sense of wonder.

Format: Paperback
Published: UK, 2021
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Pages: 592
Language: English
ISBN 13: 9781529114911
ISBN 10: 1529114918