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Birds of Heaven

Sunday, September 23 2007 @ 10:08 AM GMT+4
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Birds of Heaven

by Ben Okri. One of Penguin's 60P series, Okri's small volume is one part poetry, one part sermon on the power and religion of words. Poetic and spare, Okri is a writer I've oft seen quoted, but I'd not read any of his work in context before now. This little volume is a perfect pocket, purse or coat volume, great to dip into for a brief aphorism or musing on the power of story. Okri has a gemlike conversational poetic style that I intend to seek out further in longer works.

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Birds of Heaven

Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, December 30 2007 @ 10:37 PM GMT+4

I've read several of Okri's books (he's one of my favorite novelists) but I'd never heard of this one. I got a copy of it for Christmas. I'm very much enjoying it. As a writer, it's especially inspirational. It's also a great reminder of why I do what I do. He puts words to ideas and phenomena that I've never been able to verbally express. You're one of few people online who actually discusses this little book. Thanks for the insight!

Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu
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author of:
Zahrah the Windseeker (Houghton Mifflin)
The Shadow Speaker (Hyperion Books for Children)