Ben Okri

Gebundenes Buch

The Last Gift of the Master Artists

Beschreibung

A novel about life in the time immediately before the arrival of the Atlantic slavers. Two lovers meet for the first time. One is the son of a king, struggling to find his place in the world, the other is the gifted daughter of a master craftsman from a famous but secretive tribe...

Autor

Ben Okri was born in Minna, Nigeria. His childhood was divided between Nigeria, where he saw first-hand the consequences of war, and London. He has won many awards over the years, including the Booker Prize for Fiction, and is also an acclaimed essayist, playwright, and poet. In 2019 Astonishing the Gods was named as one of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World'.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 512
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. August 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 138mm x 47mm
• Gewicht: 630g
• ISBN-13: 9781803285672
• ISBN-10: 1803285672
• Artikelnr.: 63201434

Rezensionen

A magical take on Africa before the arrival of the Atlantic slave ships - a world of art and artists, lovers, storytellers and philosophers... The beauty of Okri's prose is [...] the overwhelming star of the show Independent