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A Fire in My Head by Ben Okri
24.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
A powerful collection of new and recently completed poems by Ben Okri covering topics of the day, such as the refugee crisis, racism, Obama, the Grenfell Tower fire, and the Corona outbreak. Ben Okri is known for his electrifying imagery and for his passionate response to the issues of our day. He is a ...Show more
A Time for New Dreams by Ben Okri
37.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
Booker-winning novelist and one of Britain's foremost poets, Ben Okri is a passionate advocate of the written word. In "A Time for New Dreams", he breaks new ground in an unusual collection of linked essays, which address such diverse themes as childhood, self-censorship, the role of beauty, the importa ...Show more
In Arcadia by Ben Okri
25.95 NZD
27.95 (7% off)
Category: Fiction
A journey into the meaning of Arcadia - the long-awaited new novel from bestselling, Booker Prize-winning author Ben Okri A group of angry and ill-assorted people accept an invitation to make a journey. Inspired by a painting and financed by a mysterious benefactor, they set off to discover the real Arc ...Show more
Infinite Riches by Ben Okri
29.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: The Famished Road Trilogy: Book 3 | Reading Level: very good
Mental Fight by Ben Okri
24.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
An epic poem touching on issues of racism, intolerance and environmental destructions from Booker Prize-winning author Ben Okri. There is much to celebrate in the human journey so far - art in all its forms, advances made in the fields of technology and medicine and, for many of us, the miracle of free ...Show more
Songs of Enchantment by Ben Okri
26.95 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: The\Famished Road Trilogy Ser.
Sequel to The Famished Road, winner of the Booker Prize in 1991, this book continues the story of Azaro, the spirit child. The author also won the Paris Review Aga Khan prize for fiction.
Starbook by Ben Okri
45.00 NZD
Category: Fantasy
'We are listeners at the oracle. Those who truly hear are touched and changed.' At one level, "Starbook" tells the delicate story of a prince and a maiden who are both tested by trials in a mythical land where art, initiation and dynamic stillness are supremely important. At another level, this rich and ...Show more
Starbook : A magical tale of love and redemption by Ben Okri
34.99 NZD
Category: Fantasy | Reading Level: very good
Ben Okri won the Booker Prize for his novel, The Famished Road, which was described by The Times as 'a brilliant read, unlike anything you have ever read before...the message is universal'. This quotation could equally well apply to Okri's latest novel, Starbook, which offers a rich, stimulating and hop ...Show more
Tales of Freedom by Ben Okri
38.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
"As one of Britain's foremost poets, Ben Okri is rightly acclaimed for his use of language. And as a Booker Prize winning novelist, this skill was shown to particular effect in both Starbook (his most recent work) and in The Famished Road. In Tales of Freedom he brings both poetry and story together in ...Show more
The Famished Road by Ben Okri
27.99 NZD
28.99 (3% off)
Category: General Fiction | Series: The\Famished Road Trilogy Ser.
So long as we are alive, so long as we feel, so long as we love, everything in us is an energy we can use. He is born into a world of poverty, ignorance and injustice, but Azaro awakens with a smile on his face. Despite belonging to a spirit world made of enchantment, where there is no suffering, Azaro ...Show more
The Freedom Artist by Ben Okri
32.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: 1 Fiction
In Ben Okri's most significant novel since the Man Booker-winning The Famished Road, a young woman is arrested for speaking four simple words - Who is the Prisoner?This question resonates throughout the novel, and by the end it has become the question every reader has to ask themselves. The answer is im ...Show more
The Magic Lamp : Dreams of Our Age by Ben Okri; Rosemary Clunie (Illustrator)
39.99 NZD
Category: Fiction
A lamp found in the attic of a London house inspires a sequence of images and writings. Meditations or stories, these pieces and pictures explore themes including modern times, lost worlds, revolutions, and love.