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100 1  Okri, Ben. 
245 10 Songs of enchantment /|cBen Okri. 
250    1st ed. in the U.S.A. 
260    New York :|bNan A. Talese,|c©1993. 
300    297 pages ;|c25 cm. 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
490 1  Famished Road ;|v[bk. 2] 
520    Ben Okri, winner of the 1991 Booker Prize for The Famished
       Road, now gives us Songs of Enchantment, and it is hard to
       imagine a more gloriously written novel. Azaro, the spirit
       -child, is a reluctant traveler in the realities of this 
       world. In this moving story of love and transformation, 
       his adventures begin with the disruption of his family. 
       Under the pressure of poverty and myth, his mother departs
       to follow the legendary Madame Koto. An obsession for a 
       beautiful beggar girl snares forbidden visions. Set in an 
       age of enchantments, their story takes place among the 
       upheavals of a nation struggling to be born. There are 
       mass political hallucinations, battles of contending 
       forces in the realm of dreams, mysterious disappearances, 
       and the rise of the Jackal-headed Masquerade. With humor 
       and wisdom, Ben Okri tells of Azaro's father and how, 
       drawing on the magic of courage, he undergoes the great 
       penance of love. Through the experiences of this unique 
       family we see that life lived with compassion and fire and
       serenity can vanquish the forces of oppression, and 
       counter the darkness with light. At the end of the 
       absorbing novel we feel it to be true when Azaro's father 
       says, "Stories can conquer fear, you know. They can make 
       the heart bigger." 
650  0 Parent and child|vFiction. 
650  0 Villages|vFiction. 
650  0 Boys|vFiction. 
650  7 Boys|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00837358 
650  7 Parent and child|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01053308 
650  7 Villages|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01166969 
651  0 Nigeria|vFiction. 
651  7 Nigeria|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01205229 
655  0 Domestic fiction. 
655  7 Domestic fiction|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01726589 
655  7 Fiction|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01423787 
655  7 Magic realist fiction.|2lcgft 
655  7 Domestic fiction.|2lcgft 
655  7 Domestic fiction.|2lcsh 
776 08 |iOnline version:|aOkri, Ben.|tSongs of enchantment.|b1st 
       ed. in the U.S.A.|dNew York : Nan A. Talese, ©1993
       |w(OCoLC)988393398 
800 1  Okri, Ben.|tFamished Road ;|vbk. 2. 
994    C0|bCKE