{"product_id":"the-famished-road-by-ben-okri","title":"The Famished Road by Ben Okri","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJourney 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt made me, at age 50, look at the world through the wide eyes of a child' Michael Palin'This is a book to generate apostles. People will be moved and, with stars in their eyes, will pass on the word' Time Out 'Ben Okri is incapable of writing a boring sentence' Independent on Sunday\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eP\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eaperback\u003cbr\u003ePublication: 7 Oct 2021, Vintage\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781529114911\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eExtent: 592 pages \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David's Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56985670844798,"sku":null,"price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/0892\/5225\/files\/9781529114911.jpg?v=1772101093","url":"https:\/\/www.davids-bookshops.co.uk\/products\/the-famished-road-by-ben-okri","provider":"David's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}