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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]
Subjects:
Magic > Fiction.
Mixed reality > Fiction.
Murderers > Fiction.
Authors > Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Short stories.
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Table of Contents:
  • Boko Haram (1)
  • Prayer for the living
  • An Inca elegy
  • A sinister perfection
  • Ancient ties of karma
  • Dreaming of Byzantium
  • The canopy
  • In the Ghetto
  • Hail
  • Mysteries
  • Tulips
  • The lie
  • Boko Haram (2)
  • The master's mirror
  • The Standeruppers
  • Alternative realities are true
  • The story in the next room
  • The overtaker
  • Raft
  • The secret history of a door
  • The offering
  • Don Ki-Otah and the ambiguity of reading
  • Boko Haram (3)
  • A street
  • All we do (poem).

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