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03317aam a2200541 i 4500 001 4660226465EE11EBAAA0DAE85DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210203010601 008 200311s2021 nyu e 000 1 eng d 010 $a 2020935824 020 $a 1617758639 020 $a 9781617758638 035 $a (OCoLC)1143635801 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d DYJ $d IH9 $d OCLCO $d SVP $d JAS $d PWC $d DZM $d IOU $d SILO 050 4 $a PR9387.9 082 04 $a [Fic] $2 23 100 1 $a Okri, Ben, $e author. 240 00 $a Short stories. $k Selections 245 10 $a Prayer for the living : $b stories / $c Ben Okri. 264 1 $a Brooklyn, New York : $b Akashic Books, $c [2021] 300 $a 214 pages ; $c 21 cm 500 $a Subtitle taken from dust jacket. 505 00 $t All we do (poem). $t Prayer for the living -- $t An Inca elegy -- $t A sinister perfection -- $t Ancient ties of karma -- $t Dreaming of Byzantium -- $t The canopy -- $t In the Ghetto -- $t Hail -- $t Mysteries -- $t Tulips -- $t The lie -- $t Boko Haram (2) -- $t The master's mirror -- $t The Standeruppers -- $t Alternative realities are true -- $t The story in the next room -- $t The overtaker -- $t Raft -- $t The secret history of a door -- $t The offering -- $t Don Ki-Otah and the ambiguity of reading -- $t Boko Haram (3) -- $t A street -- $t All we do (poem). 520 $a "Okri's new collection of short stories blur parallel realities and walk the line between darkness and magic. Is what you see all there is? Look again. 0Playful, frightening, even shocking - the stories in this collection blur the lines between illusion and reality. This is a writer at the height of his power, making the reader think, making them laugh, and sometimes making them want to look away while holding their gaze. Stories here are set in London, in Byzantium, in the ghetto, in the Andes, in a printer's shop in Spain. The characters include a murderer, a writer, a detective, a man in a cave, a man in a mirror, two little boys, a prison door, and the author himself. There are twenty-three stories in all. Each one will make you wonder if what you see in the world is all there is ..."--Publisher. 650 0 $a Magic $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Mixed reality $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Murderers $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Authors $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Short stories. $2 lcgft 700 1 $i Container of (work) : $a Okri, Ben. $t Boko Haram. 700 1 $i Container of (work) : $a Okri, Ben. $t Inca elegy. 700 1 $i Container of (work) : $a Okri, Ben. $t Sinsister perfection. 700 1 $i Container of (work) : $a Okri, Ben. $t Ancient ties of karma. 700 1 $i Container of (work) : $a Okri, Ben. $t Dreaming of Byzantium. 700 1 $i Container of (work) : $a Okri, Ben. $t Canopy. 700 1 $i Container of (work) : $a Okri, Ben. $t In the Ghetto. 700 1 $i Container of (work) : $a Okri, Ben. $t Hail. 700 1 $i Container of (work) : $a Okri, Ben. $t Mysteries. 700 1 $i Container of (work) : $a Okri, Ben. $t Tulips. 941 $a 6 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010022029.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909063027.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20220301011020.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20210602011600.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20210302015849.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20210203010635.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4660226465EE11EBAAA0DAE85DECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search