The Last Gift of the Master Artists - Ben Okri

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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. By a riverbank in Africa, two lovers meet for the first time and make a promise to meet again the next day. But only one of them shows up. This sounds like the beginning of a love story, but it's more than that, for this breath-taking tale takes the reader into the heart of a vibrant world, a complex and intriguing civilisation of warriors and kings, philosophers and artists, parents and lovers. A world and culture which is about to change forever, for, glimpsed on the horizon, seen but unrecognised, beautiful ships with white sails are waiting. `One of the most beautiful and profound novels' Washington Post