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Incidents at the Shrine: Short Stories by Ben Okri is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Incidents at the Shrine: Short Stories about?
Incidents at the Shrine is the first collection of stories by the author of 1991 Booker Prize-winning novel, The Famished Road. Whether the subject is a child's eye view of the Nigerian Civil War, Lagos and the spirit world or dispossession in a decaying British inner city, Okri's lyrical, poetic and humorous prose recreates the known and the unknown world with startling power.
Who reads Incidents at the Shrine: Short Stories?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Ben Okri
- Publisher
- London: Vintage
- Published
- 1993
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780099983002
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities
- Rating
- 3.66 / 5 (73 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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