The Award Tally
AwardsAuthorsTopics
The Famished Road cover

The Famished Road

Ben Okri

1

award won

12

score

The Famished Road

See the full ranking

The Famished Road won the Booker Prize. 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. This is his story.

Buy this book at Amazon
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Year
2015
ISBN-13
9781448138548
Genre
FantasyFiction
Topics
Spirit world and mysticismAfrican identity and folkloreComing of age

Awards

If you liked The Famished Road, you could also like these

Similar Topics