Pub Date : 2005-01-01DOI: 10.1163/9789401201490_008
Ben Okri
Ben Okri, winner of the Booker Prize for The Famished Road, now gives us Songs of Enchantment, and it is hard to imagine a more gloriously written novel. Azaro, the spirit-child, is a reluctant traveler in the realities of this world. In this moving story of live and transformation, his adventures begin with the disruption of his family. Under the pressure of poverty and myth, his mother departs to follow the legendary Madame Koto. An obsession for a beautiful beggar girl snares his father into forbidden visions. Set in an age of enchantments, their story takes place among the upheavals of a nation struggling to be born. There are mass political hallucinations, battles of contending forces in the realm of dreams, mysterious disappearances, and the rise of the Jackal-headed Masquerade. With humour and wisdom, Okri tells of Azaro's father and how, drawing on the magic of courage, he undergoes the great penance of love. Through the experiences of this unique family we see that life lived with compassion and fire and serenity can vanquish the forces of oppression, and counter the darkness with light. At the end of this absorbing novel we feel it to be true when Azaro's father says, 'Stories can conquer fear, you know. They can make the heart bigger.'
因《饥饿之路》获得布克奖的本·奥克里(Ben Okri)现在给我们带来了《迷人之歌》(Songs of Enchantment)，很难想象还有比这更出色的小说。灵魂之子阿扎罗在现实世界中是一个不情愿的旅行者。在这个关于生活和转变的感人故事中，他的冒险始于家庭的破裂。在贫穷和神话的压力下，他的母亲离开了，跟随传说中的Koto夫人。对一个美丽的乞丐女孩的痴迷使他的父亲陷入了禁忌的幻象。他们的故事发生在一个充满魔法的时代，发生在一个挣扎着诞生的国家的动荡之中。这里有大量的政治幻觉，梦境中敌对势力的战斗，神秘的失踪，以及豺狼头假面舞会的兴起。以幽默和智慧，奥克里讲述了阿扎罗的父亲，以及他如何凭借勇气的魔力，经历了爱的巨大忏悔。通过这个独特家庭的经历，我们看到，充满同情、热情和宁静的生活可以战胜压迫的力量，用光明对抗黑暗。在这部引人入胜的小说的结尾，当阿扎罗的父亲说:“故事可以征服恐惧，你知道。”它们可以让心脏变大。”
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Pub Date : 2005-01-01DOI: 10.1163/9789401201490_011
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