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Prayer for the living : stories / Ben Okri.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Brooklyn, New York : Akashic Books, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Description: 214 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781617758638
  • 1617758639
Uniform titles:
  • Short stories. Selections
Related works:
  • Container of (work) : Okri, Ben. Boko Haram
  • Container of (work) : Okri, Ben. Inca elegy
  • Container of (work) : Okri, Ben. Sinsister perfection
  • Container of (work) : Okri, Ben. Ancient ties of karma
  • Container of (work) : Okri, Ben. Dreaming of Byzantium
  • Container of (work) : Okri, Ben. Canopy
  • Container of (work) : Okri, Ben. In the Ghetto
  • Container of (work) : Okri, Ben. Hail
  • Container of (work) : Okri, Ben. Mysteries
  • Container of (work) : Okri, Ben. Tulips
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Boko Haram (1) -- Prayer for the living -- An Inca elegy -- A sinister perfection -- Ancient ties of karma -- Dreaming of Byzantium -- The canopy -- In the Ghetto -- Hail -- Mysteries -- Tulips -- The lie -- Boko Haram (2) -- The master's mirror -- The Standeruppers -- Alternative realities are true -- The story in the next room -- The overtaker -- Raft -- The secret history of a door -- The offering -- Don Ki-Otah and the ambiguity of reading -- Boko Haram (3) -- A street -- All we do (poem).
Summary: "Okri's new collection of short stories blur parallel realities and walk the line between darkness and magic. Is what you see all there is? Look again. Playful, frightening, even shocking - the stories in this collection blur the lines between illusion and reality. This is a writer at the height of his power, making the reader think, making them laugh, and sometimes making them want to look away while holding their gaze. Stories here are set in London, in Byzantium, in the ghetto, in the Andes, in a printer's shop in Spain. The characters include a murderer, a writer, a detective, a man in a cave, a man in a mirror, two little boys, a prison door, and the author himself. There are twenty-three stories in all. Each one will make you wonder if what you see in the world is all there is ..."--Publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Fiction OKRI, BEN Available 33111010461537
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A Library Journal Best Book of 2021

"No matter how different each story is in context or story line, Prayer for the Living is not simply a collection of different tales, it is a deliberate assemblage of universal truths that explores what it means to seek and to live." --Los Angeles Review of Books

Playful, frightening, shocking--these stories from a writer at the height of his power will make you think, or make you laugh. Sometimes they'll make you want to look away, but they will always hold your gaze.

These are stories set in London, in Byzantium, in the ghetto, in the Andes, and in a printer's shop in Lagos. Characters include a murderer, a writer, a detective, a woman in a dream, a man in a mirror, a little girl, a prison door, and the author himself.

Each one of these twenty-four stories will make you wonder if what you see in the world can really be all there is . . .

Subtitle taken from dust jacket.

Boko Haram (1) -- Prayer for the living -- An Inca elegy -- A sinister perfection -- Ancient ties of karma -- Dreaming of Byzantium -- The canopy -- In the Ghetto -- Hail -- Mysteries -- Tulips -- The lie -- Boko Haram (2) -- The master's mirror -- The Standeruppers -- Alternative realities are true -- The story in the next room -- The overtaker -- Raft -- The secret history of a door -- The offering -- Don Ki-Otah and the ambiguity of reading -- Boko Haram (3) -- A street -- All we do (poem).

"Okri's new collection of short stories blur parallel realities and walk the line between darkness and magic. Is what you see all there is? Look again. Playful, frightening, even shocking - the stories in this collection blur the lines between illusion and reality. This is a writer at the height of his power, making the reader think, making them laugh, and sometimes making them want to look away while holding their gaze. Stories here are set in London, in Byzantium, in the ghetto, in the Andes, in a printer's shop in Spain. The characters include a murderer, a writer, a detective, a man in a cave, a man in a mirror, two little boys, a prison door, and the author himself. There are twenty-three stories in all. Each one will make you wonder if what you see in the world is all there is ..."--Publisher.

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