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Mental Fight

Ben Okri

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Published by Rider Books, part of Ebury Publishing

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EAN: 9781846043529
Published: 22 Mar 2012

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This epic poem by Booker Prize winner Ben Okri is an intimate song of rage and restoration. It speaks to each new moment and each person, like sunlight or like pain. It is an anthem to our ascending dreams, and a hymn of inspiration.

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What the critics say

An angry, hopeful, weary, wary, epic reveille to the human spirit
- The Times

No contemporary writer has raised greater passions than Okri
- Guardian

About the Author

Ben Okri has published 9 novels, various volumes of short stories and essays, as well as two collections of poetry, African Elegy and Mental Fight. His work has been translated into more than 20 languages. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and has been awarded the OBE as well as numerous international prizes, including the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Africa, the Aga Khan Prize for Fiction and the Chianti Rufino-Antico Fattore. He is a Vice-President of the English Centre of Internatonal PEN and was presented with a Crystal Award by the World Economic Forum. He was born in Nigeria and lives in London. He won the Booker Prize in 1991 for The Famished Road.

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