Astonishing the Gods (Paperback)


Selected as one of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World'. From Booker Prize winner Ben Okri, a deceptively simple modern fable with an ancient origin. A young man finds himself living among invisible beings who have built a utopia based on one principle: that we must repeat or suffer every experience until we experience it properly and fully for the first time. 'A modern day classic' Evening Standard 'Beautiful. A new creation myth' Daily Telegraph 'Amazing. I think this is as close as you can get to reliving the experience of a bedtime story' Guardian

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Selected as one of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World'. From Booker Prize winner Ben Okri, a deceptively simple modern fable with an ancient origin. A young man finds himself living among invisible beings who have built a utopia based on one principle: that we must repeat or suffer every experience until we experience it properly and fully for the first time. 'A modern day classic' Evening Standard 'Beautiful. A new creation myth' Daily Telegraph 'Amazing. I think this is as close as you can get to reliving the experience of a bedtime story' Guardian

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Product Details

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Imprint

Head of Zeus

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Release date

December 2014

Availability

Expected to ship within 9 - 15 working days

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Dimensions

197 x 129 x 14mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback - B-format

Pages

160

ISBN-13

978-1-78408-255-0

Barcode

9781784082550

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LSN

1-78408-255-4



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