Ben Okri's 1991 Booker Prize winner, The Famished Road, brings me to a continent that I know little about: Africa. In fact, Okri is the last one of the only three African-born authors who have won the Booker Prize, following Nadine Gordimer in 1974 and J. M. Coetzee in 1983. A native Nigerian, Okri experienced first-hand the political and social struggle of his nation. Through an abiku child's narrative, the story depicts the oscillation between life and death, between humans and spirits, and between realities and fantasies. The famished road is always hungry; yet, people relies on it to reach their destinations--there are hardships, but there are also hopes.
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Ben Okri's 1991 Booker Prize winner, The Famished Road, brings me to a continent that I know little about: Africa. In fact, Okri is the last one of the only three African-born authors who have won the Booker Prize, following Nadine Gordimer in 1974 and J. M. Coetzee in 1983. A native Nigerian, Okri experienced first-hand the political and social struggle of his nation. Through an abiku child's narrative, the story depicts the oscillation between life and death, between humans and spirits, and between realities and fantasies. The famished road is always hungry; yet, people relies on it to reach their destinations--there are hardships, but there are also hopes.
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The famished road is always hungry; yet, people relies on it to reach their destinations--there are hardships, but there are also hopes
I read one of Coetzee's book called "Slow Man", didn't appreciate it much. However, greatly touched by Kazuo Ishiguro's books, I read 2 of them, "Never Let Me Go" and "The Remains of the Day", maybe you'll like them too!
Ishiguro's "The Remains of the Day" is a classic Booker Prize winner--a novel capturing a golden age from multiple levels. And not to forget the film adaption starring Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson.
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