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Astonishing The Gods (Paperback)

by Ben Okri (Author)
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  • Paperback: 158 pages
  • Publisher: Phoenix; New edition edition (15 Jul 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0753808641
  • ISBN-13: 978-0753808641
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 1.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 231,681 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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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

About the Author
Ben Okri was born in Nigeria and now lives in London. He has published fiction (short stories and novels), poetry and essays. He has won numerous prizes for his work.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Understaning Comes Beyond Trying, 23 Jun 1999
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This book is not just the story of a boy's voyage to an enchanted and magical land; it is in essence a journey of the soul to self discovery. Human condition by its very nature seeks always to desire more, and through our own desire we suffer. We journey towards perfection without any hope of reaching it. Happy are those who are still, and to whom things come.

Ben Okri has that rare ability to give silence a melody; colours a warmth; air a fragrance and invisibility a radiance. Written with the charm of a fairytale, yet full of paradoxes and philosophical illusions. The power of this book owes much to the exuberant and poetic text; further refined by its Borgesian style. Reading this book is like wandering through the spacious fields of time until happening upon the discovery that time remains still. Everything else changes. The truth lies within us all - yet how many see it? Stop looking, for then we shall see; stop thinking, for then we shall comprehend; stop trying to make sense of things for then we shall find the truest grace. Understanding comes beyond trying. When you stop inventing reality you see things as they really are.

Read this book to regenerate your dreams and tune into the secrets of wisdom.

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Another captivating novel from Okri, 8 Nov 2000
I was hooked from the first line that Okri wrote. The book follows one man's search for visibility on a mystical island, you travel with him through the city and onwards to his final destination. A well written novel that i found hard to put down, but could also pick up and read anytime. Okri weaves a wonderful tale full of emotion and courage in a search for visiblity and life.
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Can't help the comparisons to Garcia Marquez, 14 Dec 2001
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This book is fantastic. I've been a fan of Ben Okri's for a while, but this one is awesome. Both in the fantastic and soaring imagery and the use of language. I see a Nobel Prize in this man's future. Buy it, read it, and best of all, give it.
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1.0 out of 5 stars The invisibilty of the blessed
This book is Ben Okri's small version of Dante's Divina Commedia (DC), with its three parts introduced by three guides. Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars Simple
Astonishing the Gods is a fun little aside; a slim volume of myth and symbolism devoid of roots or substance. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Positively brilliant
I found an uncorrected proof edition in a little second hand bookshop near where I live, and finished it that very day. Read more
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