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Informationen zum Autor Ben Okri is a poet, novelist, essayist, short-story writer, anthologist, aphorist, and playwright. He has also written film scripts. His works have won numerous national and international prizes, including the Booker Prize for Fiction. His books include the eco-fable Every Leaf a Hallelujah , poetry collection A Fire in My Head , and novels Astonishing the Gods and The Last Gift of the Master Artists , all published by Other Press in 2022. Klappentext A collection of exquisitely crafted essays by Ben Okri, one of Britain's foremost poets, and a Booker Prize-winning novelist, that explore such diverse themes as childhood and creativity, beauty, censorship, art and politics. "A single line," writes Ben Okri, "can lead the mind to terraces of contemplation. Naturally it depends on the line and the view." This is a collection of exquisitely crafted essays on themes as diverse as childhood and creativity, beauty, censorship, art, and politics. They are responses to the world and the times we live in. They ask unsettling questions. They provoke thoughts and they make us dream. Zusammenfassung A collection of exquisitely crafted essays by Ben Okri, one of Britain’s foremost poets, and a Booker Prize–winning novelist, that explore such diverse themes as childhood and creativity, beauty, censorship, art and politics. “A single line,” writes Ben Okri, “can lead the mind to terraces of contemplation. Naturally it depends on the line and the view.” This is a collection of exquisitely crafted essays on themes as diverse as childhood and creativity, beauty, censorship, art, and politics. They are responses to the world and the times we live in. They ask unsettling questions. They provoke thoughts and they make us dream.
