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" The famished road / "
Ben Okri.
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BL
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| Record Number
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985724
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b740094
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| Main Entry
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Okri, Ben.
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| Title & Author
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The famished road /\ Ben Okri.
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| Edition Statement
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1st Anchor books ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Anchor Books,, 1993.
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| Page. NO
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500 pages ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0385425139
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: 9780385425131
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| Notes
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Sequel: Songs of enchantment.
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| Abstract
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The narrator, Azaro, is an abiku, a spirit child, who in the Yoruba tradition of Nigeria exists between life and death. The life he foresees for himself and the tale he tells is full of sadness and tragedy, but inexplicably he is born with a smile on his face. Nearly called back to the land of the dead, he is resurrected. But in their efforts to save their child, Azaro's loving parents are made destitute. The tension between the land of the living, with its violence and political struggles, and the temptations of the carefree kingdom of the spirits propels this latter-day Lazarus's story.
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Magic, Fiction.
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Magic.
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Manners and customs.
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Africa, Social life and customs, Fiction.
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Nigeria, Fiction.
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Africa.
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Nigeria.
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| Dewey Classification
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823
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| LC Classification
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PR9387.9.O394F3 1993
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I437.45clc
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