Astonishing the Gods (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781635422658)

One of the BBC's "100 Novels That Shaped Our World," a much-needed fable that could change how we see ourselves and our reality, from the renowned Booker Prize-winning author.

A young man finds himself among invisible beings who have built a world based on one principle: that we must repeat every experience until we live it fully for the first time. "Only then can we find what we didn't seek and go where we don't intend to go."

Ben Okri navigates the world at once as a writer, an artist, a musician, and a philosopher--in the process, he challenges our craving for the visual and the concrete. We read him not only with our eyes but also with our senses, our intuition. As his story unfolds we begin to inhabit the ineffable land that he creates, our imagination led to a place where what we once thought were fundamental truths are turned magically on their heads.

In the difficult times we live in, in an age decimated by injustice and inequality, Okri brings unexpected insights as meaningful as they are transformative.

"Maybe what seeks us is better than what we seek."

Author: Ben Okri
ISBN-10: 1635422655
ISBN-13: 9781635422658
Publisher: Other Press (NY)
Language: English
Published: 03/15/2022
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.39lbs
Size: 7.40h x 4.96w x 0.63d

Review Citation(s):
Foreword 12/27/2021
Publishers Weekly 01/10/2022
Library Journal 02/01/2022 pg. 68