‘So long as we are alive, so long as we feel, so long as we love, everything in us is an energy we can use’

The narrator, Azaro, is an abiku, a spirit child, who in the Yoruba tradition of Nigeria exists between life and death. He is born into a world of poverty, ignorance and injustice, but Azaro awakens with a smile on his face. Nearly called back to the land of the dead, he is resurrected. But in their efforts to save their child, Azaro's loving parents are made destitute. The tension between the land of the living, with its violence and political struggles, and the temptations of the carefree kingdom of the spirits propels this latter-day Lazarus's story. Despite belonging to a spirit world made of enchantment, where there is no suffering, Azaro chooses to stay in the land of the Living: to feel it, endure it, know it and love it. This is his story.

Hope you enjoy this one!

Arrived today. Thank you!

I have not been able to get into this book. I shall look for a new home for it.

Sending as a RABCK. Enjoy!

This wishlist book arrived last Thursday. Thank you so very much, lauraloo29!

Just to remind myself, here’s the merit list of this novel:
1991 Booker Prize
1993 Chianti Ruffino Antico Fattore International Literary Prize
1994 Premio Grinzane Cavour for Best Foreign Fiction (finalist)

I need to release (almost) all my BC books. That’s why I’ll recategorize books in my shelf.
TBR – to be recategorized
AVL – offered in Finnish forum
PC – hoping I’ll be able to read this one
RES – reserved and going to travel soon
TRAV – left my shelf

This book has left my shelf. Thank you!

I'll hold onto the book until I see MiuM, hopefully before Christmas, just to fulfill a wish!

Wishes are to be fulfilled! Happy reading!

Thank you for the book that has been on my wish list for a long time