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The Age Of Magic (2014)

by Ben Okri(Favorite Author)

3.5 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1784081477 (ISBN13: 9781784081478)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Head of Zeus

review 1: Reading this book reminded me of something a professor on film told us about some of the scenes in Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey. He said some sequences were in the film simply because they were beautiful (the satellite floating in space) -- not because they had to fulfill some specific purpose in the story. Somewhere along the way, I may have lost the plot of this book. But that became secondary because there were some really beautiful moments in here -- thoughts and ideas which made me smile, existential and philosophical elements I agreed with. For that reason alone I'd recommend this book. But if you're one who needs a narrative with a clearly defined structure and ending, this might not be for you.
review 2: It is hard to find the words to expre... moress how I felt while reading this book. I read it while I was sick, and the line, "one of the benefits of illness: giving people time to catch up with themselves, to arrive at where they are in life's fast-moving story" really struck me; reminding me that life is not to be rushed through. Our journey to arcadia (be it a physical, mental, or spiritual one), is a one that needs to be enjoyed. When on the shore of a lake or the foot of a mountain there is a certain magical quality that I can never quite communicate. This book is as close as it gets. less

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