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Prayer for the living stories

"Okri's new collection of short stories blur parallel realities and walk the line between darkness and magic. Is what you see all there is? Look again. 0Playful, frightening, even shocking - the stories in this collection blur the lines between illusion and reality. This is a writer at the height of...

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Main Author: Okri, Ben (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Brooklyn, New York : Akashic Books, [2021]
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Magic > Fiction.
Mixed reality > Fiction.
Murderers > Fiction.
Authors > Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Short stories.
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264 1 |a Brooklyn, New York :  |b Akashic Books,  |c [2021] 
264 4 |c Ã2021 
300 |a 214 pages ;  |c 21 cm 
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500 |a Subtitle taken from dust jacket. 
505 0 0 |t Boko Haram (1) --  |t Prayer for the living --  |t An Inca elegy --  |t A sinister perfection --  |t Ancient ties of karma --  |t Dreaming of Byzantium --  |t The canopy --  |t In the Ghetto --  |t Hail --  |t Mysteries --  |t Tulips --  |t The lie --  |t Boko Haram (2) --  |t The master's mirror --  |t The Standeruppers --  |t Alternative realities are true --  |t The story in the next room --  |t The overtaker --  |t Raft --  |t The secret history of a door --  |t The offering --  |t Don Ki-Otah and the ambiguity of reading --  |t Boko Haram (3) --  |t A street --  |t All we do (poem). 
520 |a "Okri's new collection of short stories blur parallel realities and walk the line between darkness and magic. Is what you see all there is? Look again. 0Playful, frightening, even shocking - the stories in this collection blur the lines between illusion and reality. This is a writer at the height of his power, making the reader think, making them laugh, and sometimes making them want to look away while holding their gaze. Stories here are set in London, in Byzantium, in the ghetto, in the Andes, in a printer's shop in Spain. The characters include a murderer, a writer, a detective, a man in a cave, a man in a mirror, two little boys, a prison door, and the author himself. There are twenty-three stories in all. Each one will make you wonder if what you see in the world is all there is ..."--Publisher. 
590 |a Genre sticker: Short stories. 
650 0 |a Magic  |v Fiction. 
650 0 |a Mixed reality  |v Fiction. 
650 0 |a Murderers  |v Fiction. 
650 0 |a Authors  |v Fiction. 
655 7 |a Detective and mystery fiction.  |2 lcgft 
655 7 |a Short stories.  |2 lcgft 
690 0 |a Rathfon, Elaine tribute 
700 1 |i Container of (work) :  |a Okri, Ben.  |t Boko Haram. 
700 1 |i Container of (work) :  |a Okri, Ben.  |t Inca elegy. 
700 1 |i Container of (work) :  |a Okri, Ben.  |t Sinsister perfection. 
700 1 |i Container of (work) :  |a Okri, Ben.  |t Ancient ties of karma. 
700 1 |i Container of (work) :  |a Okri, Ben.  |t Dreaming of Byzantium. 
700 1 |i Container of (work) :  |a Okri, Ben.  |t Canopy. 
700 1 |i Container of (work) :  |a Okri, Ben.  |t In the Ghetto. 
700 1 |i Container of (work) :  |a Okri, Ben.  |t Hail. 
700 1 |i Container of (work) :  |a Okri, Ben.  |t Mysteries. 
700 1 |i Container of (work) :  |a Okri, Ben.  |t Tulips. 
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