The Tough Alchemy of Ben Okri

By Rosemary Alice Gray

Book Overview

Winner of the Booker Prize for The Famished Road , Ben Okri is widely regarded as one of the most important contemporary writers writing today. Featuring a substantial new interview with Ben Okri himself, a full bibliography of his creative work and covering his complete works, this is the first in-depth study of Okri's themes and artistic vision. Rosemary Gray explores Okri's career-long engagement with myth, Nigerian politics and culture, and with the environmental crisis in the age of the Anthropocene.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350249394
• ISBN13: 9781350249394
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"