- The
Famished Road is a
novel by
Nigerian author Ben Okri, the
first book in a
trilogy that
continues with
Songs of
Enchantment (1993) and
Infinite Riches...
- such as
Salman Rushdie and
Gabriel García Márquez. In 1991, his
novel The
Famished Road won the
Booker Prize. Okri was
knighted at the 2023
Birthday Honours...
-
Soyinka in 1986, and the
Booker Prize,
awarded to Ben Okri in 1991 for The
Famished Road.
Nigerians are also well
represented among recipients of the Caine...
- 1846 uprising, now
known as the
Galician slaughter, by
impoverished and
famished Galician Eastern European peasants (serfs)
directed against szlachta (Polish...
- potatoes, rice, fish, or greens,
deluged in vinegar, and
gobble it up like a
famished dog".
Byron first took his seat in the
House of
Lords on 13
March 1809...
- sage Durvasa.
During their exile in the forest, the
Pandava princes were
famished due to the lack of food.
Knowing this,
Duryodhana deliberately sent the...
- The New York Times. Jordison, Sam (20
January 2011). "Booker club: The
Famished Road". The Guardian. Jordison, Sam (4
March 2011). "Booker club: The English...
-
Nigerian author Ben Okri, the
second book in a
trilogy that
started with The
Famished Road (1991) and
continues with
Infinite Riches (1998). It was published...
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starving tribes at the
price of one boy to be sold into
slavery for one dog.
Famished and humiliated, the
Goths broke into an open
revolt that led to the Gothic...
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never reached beyond the Narmada, the
Durranis decisively defeated the
famished and under-equipped
Maratha army in the
Third Battle of
Panipat on 14 January...
