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A Fire in My Head by Ben Okri
$24.99 NZD
Category: Fiction and NZ Fiction
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
Rise Like Lions: Poetry for the Many by Ben Okri
$28.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
In Rise Like Lions, Booker Prize winning writer Ben Okri has compiled a collection of poems that celebrate the many voices of politics, from polemics and rallying cries to lyrics and meditations. Many of these poems have resonated with readers over lifetimes and through generations, from William Blake t ...Show more
Starbook : A magical tale of love and redemption by Ben Okri
$35.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | 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
$39.00 NZD
Category: World fiction
"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 Age of Magic by Ben Okri
$23.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Reading Level: good
'The Age of Magic has begun. Unveil your eyes.' Eight weary film-makers, travelling from Paris to Basel, arrive at a small Swiss hotel on the shores of a luminous lake. Above them, strewn with lights that twinkle in the darkness, looms the towering Rigi mountain. Over the course of three days and two ni ...Show more
The Famished Road by Ben Okri
$32.00 NZD
Category: Fiction and NZ 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
$33.00 NZD
Category: World 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)
$40.00 NZD
Category: World 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.
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