Description
Set in a mythic African village where corruption seeps into everyday life, this lyrical novel follows a love story that unfolds under the pressure of a widening conflict between the parties of the Rich and the Poor. As magical spirits and ominous forces intrude on human choices, characters are drawn into a world of enchantment that carries violent, often impossible ethical demands. With Ben Okri’s unmistakable, incantatory voice, the book blends the intimate stakes of romance and survival with an epic vision of social inequality, spiritual peril, and the fragile, fickle nature of humanity. Part of a larger mythic journey, it returns to a community besieged by malevolent presences—where hope must be reinvented, and love becomes both refuge and reckoning.
Available Editions
paperback
Nan A. Talese
Published Jan 1, 1993
297 pages
ISBN: 9780385471541
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First Published
1993
Language
eng
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