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The Famished Road

  • Ben Okri

4.33

9 ratings

A novel of modern Nigeria told through the eyes of a sentient child.

Genres

  • Africa in fiction
  • Fiction
  • Magic
  • Magic in fiction
  • Man Booker Prize Winner
  • Nigeria
  • Nigeria in fiction
  • Social life and customs
  • award:man_booker_prize=1991
  • Fiction, fantasy, contemporary
  • Nigeria, fiction
  • Fiction, coming of age
  • English literature
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About the author

  • Ben Okri

    born 1959

    4.07

    14 ratings · 91 works

Editions

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    25th Anniversary Edition

    Vintage

    3/3/2016

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    Everyman's Library

    Sep 07, 2021

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    Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio, Audible Studios on Brilliance

    Feb 11, 2020

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    J. Cape

    1991

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1st Anchor Books ed.

Anchor Books

1993

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    [New ed.]

    Cape, Random House UK

    1993

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    1st ed. in the U.S.

    N.A. Talese

    1992

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    Reissue edition

    Vintage Books, Vintage Classics

    December 31, 1999

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    Penguin Random House

    2009

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    Penguin Random House

    2021

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    Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.

    2016

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    Penguin Random House

    2015

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    Everyman

    2021

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    Vintage

    1992