Beautiful ships with white sails are glimpsed on the horizon. A strange wind has begun to blow, and in its wake, things are disappearing: songs, stories, artworks, and finally, people. Their world-though they don't know it yet-is ending. When she fails to appear the next day, he begins to search for her, tracing her at last to her village where, disguised as an apprentice, he finds a place in her father's workshop.īut this is no fairy tale, no conventional love story. The girl, knowing nothing of him but his voice, agrees to meet again. The prince, entranced, stays hidden in the bushes. One is the son of a king, struggling to find his place in the world, the other the daughter of a craftsman from the secretive tribe of master artists. A boy and a girl meet by chance on a riverbank in Africa. In 2022 the deep political impact of this extraordinary tale won't be missed"-īook Synopsis The Booker Prize-winning author, a child of the Nigerian Civil War, reinvents through the story of the Atlantic slave trade the beautiful soul and resilient culture of his country. Okri has since rewritten the book, giving it a new dimension, more light, more acumen. When the novel was first published in the UK in 2007 under the title Starbook, the central role of the Middle Passage was overlooked. But this is no fairy tale, no conventional love story. When she fails to appear the next day, he begins to search for her, tracing her at last to her village where, disguised as an apprentice, he finds a place in her father's workshop. About the Book "The Booker Prize-winning author, a child of the Nigerian Civil War, reinvents through the story of the Atlantic slave trade the beautiful soul and resilient culture of his country.
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