The Last Gift of the Master Artists

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 | The Last Gift of the Master Artists.

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