The Famished Road: Ben Okri

Journey between the land of the Living and the spirit world in this magical Booker Prize-winning novel

`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`

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.