The Famished Road

Publisher and industry reviews

Jacket review

"A brilliant read, unlike anything you have ever read before...the message is universal." -- Philip Howard, "The Times"
"Okri is incapable of writing a boring sentence. As one startling image follows the next, The Famished Road begins to read like an epic poem that happens to touch down just this side of prose.... When I finished the book and went outside, it was as if all the trees of South London had angels sitting in them." -- Linda Grant, "Independent on Sunday"
"It is a rich, provocative and hopeful vision of the world, stuffed full of drama and surprise.... Its literary lineage -- the ease with which spirits move through everyday life -- is from ancient Greece and medieval romances." -- Robert Winder, "Independent"
"Overwhelming...just buy it for its beauty." -- Jenny Turner, "New Statesman & Society"

UK Kirkus review

Booker Prize Winner in 1991. This magical novel, by a Nigerian writer living in Britain, depicts Azaro, a spirit child, and his adventures which take place in a teeming, exuberant world where reality and vision blur. Endowed with special powers that lead him into mischief, and pursued by other spirits, Azaro shows us the world through his enchanted eyes. (Kirkus UK)

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