<p><b>An epic poem touching on issues of racism, intolerance and environmental destructions from Booker Prize-winning author Ben Okri. </b></p><p>There is much to celebrate in the human journey so far – art in all its forms, advances made in the fields of technology and medicine and, for many of us, the miracle of freedom. But there is also much to regret – racism, intolerance, the destruction of our environment, the reality and the legacy of slavery.</p><p>In this long, sustained consideration of the state we find ourselves in, Ben Okri invokes the past to explain the present, and sings out a message of hope. The future is still ours to make. This epic poem, an anthem for the twenty-first century, first appeared in <i>The Times</i> in January 1999. Its message could hardly be more relevant to our present condition.</p><p>Discover this revised edition of an inspiring and extraordinarily tender work.</p>
<p>An epic poem touching on issues of racism, intolerance and environmental destructions.</p>
<b>PRAISE FOR BEN OKRI</b>: <br />
'Ben Okri is that rare thing, a literary and social visionary, a writer for whom all three – literature, culture and vision – are profoundly interwoven' Ali Smith. <br />
'Where fiction's master of enchantments stares down a real horror, and without blinking or flinching, produces a work of beauty, grace and uncommon power'
Marlon James on The Freedom Artist
<p>Will be published in a beautiful, giftable A-format hardback.</p>
<p><i>The Famished Road</i> won the Booker Prize and <i>Astonishing the Gods</i> was selected by the BBC as one of '100 Novels that Shaped Our World'.</p>
<p>Ben Okri is a regular commentator on current affairs; his poem for Grenfell Tower was watched more than 6 million times on Channel 4 News' Facebook page.</p>
<p>MARKET: <i>1984</i> by George Orwell; <i>Rise Like Lions: Poetry for the Many</i> compiled by Ben Okri; <i>The Sellout</i> by Paul Beatty; <i>V for Vendetta</i> by Alan Moore; Rupi Kaur; <i>Exit West</i> by Mohsin Hamid.</p>