The Famished Road
Winner of the 1991 Booker Prize.
Azaro is a spirit child who is born only to live for a short while before returning to the idyllic world of his spirit companions. Now he has chosen to stay in the world of the living. This is his story.
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Category: Magical Realism
Release date: 1991
Ben Okri
Ben Okri OBE FRSL (born 1959) is a Nigerian poet and novelist. Okri has become the leading figure of his generation of Nigerian writers who have largely abandoned the social and historical themes of Chinua Achebe, and brought together modernist narrative strategies and Nigerian oral and literary tradition.
The Famished Road
The Famished Road consists of three books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
