- 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...
- malapropism, Spoonerism, aphasia). I'm ravished! for "I'm ravenous!" or for "I'm
famished!" "They
build a horse"
instead of they
build a house. The
strained use...
-
Edomites in
Mount Seir. In Genesis, Esau
returned to his twin
brother Jacob,
famished from the fields. He begs
Jacob to give him some "red pottage" (a play on...
-
railway brigade was
considered a
relatively appealing job,
since it gave
famished workers access to
luggage which often contained food.
Younger prisoners...
- 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...
- 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...
- "Emperor Shun said, 'Qi, the black-haired
people begin to be
famished. Do you, Lord of Millet, sow in
their seasons the
various kinds of grain...
