{"product_id":"9781350152991","title":"The Tough Alchemy of Ben Okri","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Tough Alchemy of Ben Okri\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Rosemary Alice Gray\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Booker Prize for \u003ci\u003eThe Famished Road\u003c\/i\u003e, Ben Okri is widely regarded as one of the most important contemporary writers writing today. Featuring a substantial new interview with Ben Okri himself, a full bibliography of his creative work and covering his complete works, this is the first in-depth study of Okri's themes and artistic vision. Rosemary Gray explores Okri's career-long engagement with myth, Nigerian politics and culture, and with the environmental crisis in the age of the Anthropocene.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This inspired and thoughtful study of the work of the acclaimed novelist and poet Ben Okri emerges from deep reflection on the many different cultural, spiritual and philosophical traditions that weave together in his writing. Rosemary Gray's careful readings shed new and illuminating light on Okri's transformational aesthetic and intensely felt planetary concerns, as manifested in each one of his works. I have no doubt that \u003ci\u003eThe Tough Alchemy \u003c\/i\u003ewill remain the go-to study on Okri for many years to come.” —\u003ci\u003eElleke Boehmer, Professor of World Literature in English, University of Oxford, UK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In these essays Rosemary Gray shows her wide reading and her eclectic mind. The essays burst with energy and critical fizz. Often the excitement of discovery can be discerned; often the surprise at intuitive delight can be felt; and often the sheer scale of the research undertaken yields lovely rewards. But mostly it is the yoking of disparate critical disciplines, brought to bear on a new reading of my work, that delivers the interest and the fascination” —\u003ci\u003eBen Okri, Man Booker prize-winning novelist and poet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781350152991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40739407233230,"sku":"9781350152991","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_374c958a-e5e4-4b29-b045-1d6f8b25385f.jpg?v=1641363299","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781350152991","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}