Azaro is a spirit child. He made a pact with his spirit companions that when he was born he would die at the first opportunity and rejoin them. But after his birth, Azaro broke his pact. His spirit companions have so far sent five spirits to reclaim him, who have failed. Two more are sent and are the most dangerous of all. In one sense Infinite Riches picks up where Songs of Enchantment left off. Azaro's father has been implicated in the murder of a neighbour and Infinite Riches begins with his arrest and imprisonment. At the same time it introduces a new and enlightening aspect to the story of Nigeria. The writing is rich with allegorical illusion and vivid with magical imagery. This is Ben Okri at his inspiring best.
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His most apocalyptic, explosive vision yet (Scotsman )
A novel of paradoxes and impossibilities, conceived poetically and carrying readers along as though on a fast-flowing stream...I admire it hugely (Literary Review )
A potent combination of political, metaphorical and mythical storytelling...pure celebration (Scotsman )
A deliberate and important piece of writing (Times Literary Supplement )
Okri's writing is hailed for its intelligent, tenderness, poeticism and luminosity (Financial Times ) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
A novel of paradoxes and impossibilities, conceived poetically and carrying readers along as though on a fast-flowing stream...I admire it hugely (Literary Review )
A potent combination of political, metaphorical and mythical storytelling...pure celebration (Scotsman )
A deliberate and important piece of writing (Times Literary Supplement )
Okri's writing is hailed for its intelligent, tenderness, poeticism and luminosity (Financial Times ) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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I've read 'The Famished Road','Songs of Enchantment'and now I've also read 'Infinte Riches'. In this book there are a lot of changes. Sometimes when you think what's going to happen, you better think again. Ben Okri writes very poetically, which make his story come out beautifully. It's always a joy to see how Azaro and his parents undergo changes, how they become stronger after every struggle. As for Azaro who keep on discovering the agony, the joys, the wonders of life here on earth...is like opening my eyes. Because through him we look at this life we live diferently. I can't realy explain this very well. But my point is simply, that Azaro makes the reader realize how beautiful and precious this life of ours is. And 'Infinite Riches', as with the other two books, makes us realize that even more.
(p.s. moral= we should open up our arms to change, but shouldn't let go of our values.)
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This book, the third in a trilogy, apparently follows the daily experiences of an extended family as they interpret events in terms of their spiritual significance, and the reader meanders from scene to scene weaving between the material world and the spiritual. It is set in Africa but the mixture of material and spiritual beliefs could probably equally well apply to any culture with a strong spiritual folklore, such as in early England, and a comparison could be made with our tales of Merlin and Arthur and so on. We read it for our book club and most found it difficult or impossible but one person persevered and found she began to enjoy it on the third reading. Most of us could see that the thread of the narrative becomes clearer as you move through the book and some of the descriptive passages are beautiful but it requires concentration and several of us could not finish it.
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Ben Okri has the ability to remind us how magical life is, and every time I read one of his books I notice how I start to see things not in a brand new way, but in a way I used to when I was a child. This is why I consider Ben Okri not only an excellent writer, but a real one, who understands literature as an awakening and not as narcissim. Starbook and the Famished Road trilogy are books which has the ability to change you for good, and for better.
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I've now read 'the Famished Road', 'Songs of Enchantment' and 'Infinite Riches'. While I really liked 'the Famished Road', I found 'Songs of Enchantment' a bit too similar to the first one, not much happened in the book and it was quite hard to get through. I did however find this book, 'Infinite Riches', much more interesting. More things happened in this last book than in the second and most parts of the book were really exciting to read. Okri is as in the two first books of the trilogy, writing very beautifully almost poetically. As in the other books he does spend long time writing about a specific short event in the book and you might love his elaborate poetic descriptions or find them draining. I'm somewhere in between. The book is not among my top 5 favourite books, but it is still good and I would recommend it.
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