Tag: learning

• From the Backlist: Astonishing the Gods

  

  Astonishing the Gods, Ben Okri (1995) When I first read this book in 2004 at the recommendation of my mentor in grad school, I was immediately enchanted by the vivid and mysterious world Ben Okri created. At the time it seemed that Astonishing the Gods was destined to be a modern classic, but it seems…

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  August 15, 2022

  From the Backlist

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