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ISBN: 9781846043307 - Wild Bestseller Wild
Ben Okri

ISBN10: 1846043301  ISBN13: 9781846043307
Publisher: Ebury Press Rider & Co
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 22 Mar 2012
The author is a prolific Booker-Prize winning novelist and essayist, but has published only two collections of poetry. The first was "An African Elegy" and the second was "Mental Fight". This title features his poems that captures both the... More
ISBN: 9780099929307 - The Famished Road Bestseller The Famished Road
Ben Okri

ISBN10: 0099929309  ISBN13: 9780099929307
Publisher: Vintage
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 06 Feb 1992
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. Azaro is a spirit child who is born only to live for a short... More
ISBN: 9781846042683 - A Time for New Dreams A Time for New Dreams
Ben Okri

ISBN10: 1846042682  ISBN13: 9781846042683
Publisher: Ebury Press Rider & Co
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 07 Apr 2011
Collects linked essays which address such diverse themes as childhood, self-censorship, the role of beauty, the importance of education and the real significance of the recent economic meltdown. Booker-winning novelist and one of Britain's... More
ISBN: 9780099218715 - Songs of Enchantment Songs of Enchantment
Ben Okri

ISBN10: 0099218712  ISBN13: 9780099218715
Publisher: Vintage
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 17 Feb 1994
Presents the adventures of Azaro. One great thought can change the dreams of the world. One great action, lived out all the way to the sea, can change the history of the world. The adventures of Azaro, the spirit child, continue. From the... More
ISBN: 9780099983002 - Incidents at the Shrine Incidents at the Shrine
Ben Okri

ISBN10: 0099983001  ISBN13: 9780099983002
Publisher: Vintage
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 18 Mar 1993
ISBN: 9781846040818 - Starbook Starbook
Ben Okri

ISBN10: 1846040817  ISBN13: 9781846040818
Publisher: Ebury Press Rider & Co
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 03 Jul 2008
Tells the tale of a prince and a maiden in a mythical land where a golden age is ending. This title considers the important questions we face, exploring creativity, wisdom, suffering and transcendence in a time when imagination still ruled the world. More
ISBN: 9781846041594 - Tales of Freedom Tales of Freedom
Ben Okri

ISBN10: 1846041597  ISBN13: 9781846041594
Publisher: Ebury Press Rider & Co
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 Apr 2010
Brings both poetry and story together, helping us to discover Pinprop, the slave to an old couple lost in a clearing, who holds the keys to the universe in his quirky hands. As one of Britain's foremost poets, Ben Okri is rightly acclaimed for his... More
ISBN: 9780143528265 - Dangerous Love Dangerous Love
Ben Okri

ISBN10: 0143528262  ISBN13: 9780143528265
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Penguin Classics
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 11 Oct 2011
In the communal world of the compound in which he lives, Omovo has many friends and some enemies, but most important of all there is Ifeyiwa, a beautiful young married woman who he loves with an almost hopeless passion - not because she doesn't... More
ISBN: 9780099283881 - Stars of the New Curfew Stars of the New Curfew
Ben Okri

ISBN10: 0099283883  ISBN13: 9780099283881
Publisher: Vintage
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 05 Aug 1999
This collection of short stories is set in Nigeria and reflects the mad, exotic and often dangerous chaos which reigns there. They include jumbled up voodoo stories, stories of shanty towns and of men from the villages seeking their fortunes in... More
ISBN: 9781846040825 - Starbook Starbook
Ben Okri

ISBN10: 1846040825  ISBN13: 9781846040825
Publisher: Ebury Press Rider & Co
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 16 Aug 2007
Tells the story of a prince and a maiden who are tested by trials in a mythical land where art, initiation and dynamic stillness are supremely important. This book aims to open up the nature of reality, where the essence of life is revealed... More