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An African Elegy
Ben Okri
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Description for An African Elegy
Paperback. A collection of poems reflecting Okri's concerns about Africa's colossal economic and political problems. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 7. Weight in Grams: 64.
Dreams are the currency of Okri's writing, particularly in this first book of poems, An African Elegy, but also in his books of short stories and prize-winning novel The Famished Road. Okri's dreams are made on the stuff of Africa's colossal economic and political problems, and reading the poems is to experience a constant succession of metaphors of resolution in both senses of the word. Virtually every poem contains an exhortation to climb out of the African miasma, and virtually every poem harvests the dream of itself with an upbeat restorative ending' - Giles Foden, Times Literary Supplement
Dreams are the currency of Okri's writing, particularly in this first book of poems, An African Elegy, but also in his books of short stories and prize-winning novel The Famished Road. Okri's dreams are made on the stuff of Africa's colossal economic and political problems, and reading the poems is to experience a constant succession of metaphors of resolution in both senses of the word. Virtually every poem contains an exhortation to climb out of the African miasma, and virtually every poem harvests the dream of itself with an upbeat restorative ending' - Giles Foden, Times Literary Supplement
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
Number of Pages
80
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099736011
SKU
V9780099736011
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About Ben Okri
Ben Okri has published 8 novels, including The Famished Road, as well as collections of poetry, short stories and essays. His work has been translated into more than twenty languages. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and has been awarded the OBE as well as numerous international prizes, including the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Africa, the ... Read more
Reviews for An African Elegy
Authenticity shines out of these poems in the way it does from some East European and Russian poets
Times Literary Supplement
Accessible and affecting... Born of a big spirit that one cannot ignore
Gillian Ferguson
Scotland on Sunday
A kaleidoscope of tersely condensed implications, with pregnant shifts of mood, tone and meaning brought to bear ... Read more
Times Literary Supplement
Accessible and affecting... Born of a big spirit that one cannot ignore
Gillian Ferguson
Scotland on Sunday
A kaleidoscope of tersely condensed implications, with pregnant shifts of mood, tone and meaning brought to bear ... Read more