In Arcadia - Ben Okri
Ben Okri
- Pages · 320 pages
- Publication Date · 01/10/2026
- Genre · Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Explore the extraordinary imagination of Booker Prize-winner and visionary author Ben Okri - one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary literature. In this lyrical novel about art and enlightenment, a group of angry and ill-assorted people accept a cryptic invitation. Inspired by a painting and financed by a mysterious benefactor, they set off to discover the real Arcadia. Or what remains of it. Their journey begins in ignorance and chaos at Waterloo Station and takes them through superstition and myth to harmony. In the Louvre, in front of Poussin's masterpiece, known as `Et in Arcadia Ego', they begin to understand.
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