Astonishing the Gods
1995 novel by Ben Okri
Astonishing the Gods is a novel by Nigerian writer Ben Okri.[1]
On 5 November 2019 BBC News listed Astonishing the Gods on its list of the 100 most influential novels.[2]
In an interview with The Guardian Okri mentioned that he wrote the novel while on a fast.[1]
References
- ^ a b John Lind (2019-01-19). "Ben Okri: 'If you're hungry, books seem full of feasts'". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2019-11-11. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
Food and personal spiritual development is very interesting – not least in fasting. It's not much talked about, but fasting can cleanse the appetite and return one's senses to zero. Astonishing The Gods was written while fasting.
- ^ "100 'most inspiring' novels revealed by BBC Arts". BBC News. 2019-11-05. Archived from the original on 2019-11-08. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
The reveal kickstarts the BBC's year-long celebration of literature.
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Works by Ben Okri
- The Famished Road (1991)
- Songs of Enchantment (1993)
- Astonishing the Gods (1995)
- Dangerous Love (1996)
- Starbook (2007)
- In Arcadia (2002)
- The Age of Magic (2014)
- The Freedom Artist (2019)
- Every Leaf a Hallelujah (2021)
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