The Famished Road — How Ben Okri Blurred the Lines Between Poetry and Fiction
A review in the Guardian by Sam Jordison described Ben Okri’s 1991 novel The Famished Road as “marmite writing”, “a long nightmare”, and “the worst kind of dream sequence”. The reviewer took objection to Okri’s radical use of language and incorporation of magic realism as obtuse, calling it a …
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