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I feel like a slacker. This Ben Okri book, The Famished Road, has taken me a solid eight days to read. It wasn't all that easy to get through, and in fact the first 350 pages were a little bit of a letdown, but the last 150 pages were just amazing. Beautiful magic realism. It's like he kicked the prose style into high gear all at once. The parable of the eternal road and the fight against Green Leopard were both spectacularly written. He even managed to finally get me caring about his characters, having a little sympathy for them. Best quote of the novel:
We are the miracles God created to taste the bitter fruits of time. We are precious, and one day our suffering will turn into the wonders of the earth.
Finished Reading: Ben Okri, The Famished Road
Date Finished: 16 April
Currently Reading: Italo Calvino, If On A Winter's Night A Traveler
Date Started: 16 April
We are the miracles God created to taste the bitter fruits of time. We are precious, and one day our suffering will turn into the wonders of the earth.
Finished Reading: Ben Okri, The Famished Road
Date Finished: 16 April
Currently Reading: Italo Calvino, If On A Winter's Night A Traveler
Date Started: 16 April