{"product_id":"conversations-with-ben-okri-hardback-9781496851550","title":"Conversations with Ben Okri (Hardback) 9781496851550","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eConversations with Ben Okri\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eVanessa Guignery (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496851550\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 26 March 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e277 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.272 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eConversations with Ben Okri\u003c\/i\u003e collects twenty-six interviews that range from 1986 to 2023 and reflect the international resonance of Nigerian writer Ben Okri's work. The reader is given access to the various phases of Okri’s life and career, beginning with his childhood (b. 1959) and upbringing in Nigeria and the publication of his early short stories and novels. The interviews also explore the tremendous success of \u003ci\u003eThe Famished Road\u003c\/i\u003e (for which Okri became the first Black African writer to receive the Booker Prize in 1991) and the dazzling creativity of his subsequent work in a multiplicity of literary genres. The volume offers insight into the writer’s creative process and his unique views on literature, history, memory, politics, freedom, spirituality, and environmental issues. The conversations often veer into fascinating philosophical discussions about the nature of art and reality, the value of myth, and the dynamics of storytelling.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince the publication of his first novel in 1980, Okri has encouraged his readers to open their minds and eyes to new modes of perceiving reality. Convinced of the universality of art, he has been intent on redreaming the world from a variety of perspectives in poems, essays, short stories, novels, and plays written over a period of more than forty years. Throughout his career, Ben Okri has never stopped experimenting with new forms, creating the stoku (a mixture of short story and haiku), endowing his fictional and nonfictional creations with poetic undertones, and collaborating with visual artists, musicians, and dancers.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eChronology\u003cbr\u003eBen Okri\u003cbr\u003e   Jane Wilkinson \/ 1986 and 1990\u003cbr\u003eAn Interview with Ben Okri\u003cbr\u003e   Pietro Deandrea \/ 1990 and 1992\u003cbr\u003eAn Interview with Ben Okri\u003cbr\u003e   Carolyn Newton \/ 1992\u003cbr\u003eWhisperings of the Gods: An Interview with Ben Okri\u003cbr\u003e   Delia Falconer \/ 1996\u003cbr\u003eAn Interview with Ben Okri\u003cbr\u003e   Charles H. Rowell \/ 2005\u003cbr\u003e\"The Book of Laughter and Forgetting\": An Interview with Ben Okri\u003cbr\u003e   Nana Yaa Mensah \/ 2008\u003cbr\u003ePoints of Enchantment\u003cbr\u003e   Sarah Fulford \/ 2008\u003cbr\u003eInterview with Ben Okri\u003cbr\u003e   Rosemary Gray \/ 2011\u003cbr\u003eBen Okri: Interview\u003cbr\u003e   Saskia Vogel \/ 2011\u003cbr\u003eThe Mysteries of the Word: A Conversation with Ben Okri\u003cbr\u003e   Anderson Tepper \/ 2011\u003cbr\u003eBen Okri in Conversation\u003cbr\u003e   Vanessa Guignery and Catherine Pesso-Miquel \/ 2012\u003cbr\u003ePainter of Secrets\u003cbr\u003e   Anupama Raju \/ 2012\u003cbr\u003eLookin Back: James Ogude in Conversation with Ben Okri\u003cbr\u003e   James Ogude \/ 2014\u003cbr\u003eAn Interview with Ben Okri\u003cbr\u003e   Vanessa Guignery \/ 2015\u003cbr\u003eBen Okri Q\u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003eA: \"I Can’\u003cbr\u003et Live without Good Conversation, Or Love\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e   New Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e \/ 2018\u003cbr\u003eBen Okri on His \"Unavoidably\" Political Poems\u003cbr\u003e  Ushnota Paul \/ 2019\u003cbr\u003eBen Okri Interview: We Can Ascend Mountains\u003cbr\u003e   Marc-Christoph Wagner \/ 2019\u003cbr\u003eThe Past Is a Changing Entity\u003cbr\u003e   Isabelle Rü\u003cbr\u003ef \/ 2020\u003cbr\u003e\"Courage Is a Luxury\"\u003cbr\u003e   Katrien Steyaert \/ 2020\u003cbr\u003eBen Okri on Perception and Illusion\u003cbr\u003e   Deborah Treisman \/ 2021\u003cbr\u003eBen Okri: \"Nations Like Ours Have a Hard Time Looking Back Truthfully\"\u003cbr\u003e   Dorian Lynskey \/ 2021\u003cbr\u003eIn Conversation with Ben Okri\u003cbr\u003e   Rosemary Gray \/ 2021\u003cbr\u003e\"Write with New Urgency\": A Conversation with Ben Okri\u003cbr\u003e   Anderson Tepper \/ 2022\u003cbr\u003eBen Okri on the Ambiguity of Reality\u003cbr\u003e   Deborah Treisman \/ 2022\u003cbr\u003eBen Okri or the Aesthetics of Suspicion\u003cbr\u003e   Vanessa Guignery \/ 2022\u003cbr\u003eBen Okri on Manipulating Reality\u003cbr\u003e   Katherine Hu \/ 2023\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52607716131096,"sku":"9781496851550","price":66.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/conversations-with-ben-okri-hardback-9781496851550","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}