{"product_id":"astonishing-the-gods-by-ben-okri-9781035930920","title":"Astonishing the Gods","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExplore the extraordinary imagination of Booker Prize-winner and visionary author Ben Okri – one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary literature.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe hero of this novel finds what he did not seek, and goes where he did not intend to go. As I did in writing it. I set out to find one thing, but found another.\u003c\/i\u003e — BEN OKRI\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this disarmingly beautiful modern fable with an ancient origin, a young man finds himself living among invisible beings who have built a utopia based on one principle: that we must repeat every experience until we live it properly and fully for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeautiful\u003c\/b\u003e. A new creation myth. \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAmazing. I think this is \u003cb\u003eas close as you can get to reliving the experience of a bedtime story\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48334186938604,"sku":"9781035930920","price":24.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781035930920-astonishing-the-gods-1.jpg?v=1788913089","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/astonishing-the-gods-by-ben-okri-9781035930920","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}