by Ben Okri (Author)
This is a story for all ages, set in a time and place best known to lovers of fairytales and myths. It is a modern fable, a way of understanding who we are now and how our search for identity affects our perceptions and actions, shot through with the gentle magic of Ben Okri's imaginative prose. 'Astonishing the Gods is properly worked and exact, and fulfils Calvino's prescription for lightness - being like a bird rather than a feather' New Statesman & Society
Format: Paperback
Pages: 176
Edition: 2
Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 15 Jul 1999
ISBN 10: 0753808641
ISBN 13: 9780753808641
Book Overview: Reissued in stylish new cover design with Dangerous Love, alongside Infinite Riches - new in paperback From the bestselling, Booker prize-winning author of The Famished Road and Songs of Enchantment, Astonishing the Gods has reprinted six times in paperback 'You will probably be as enchanted, intellectually challenged and moved (almost to tears) as I was' European 'A compassionate voice, gently spoken and full of wonder, yet alert and dynamic' Sunday Times 'Here we have a pilgrimage of the soul that is both graceful and enigmatic ... you have to read it to believe it' Daily Telegraph