In Arcadia

TitleIn Arcadia
Year for Search2002
AuthorsOkri, Ben(b. 1959)
Date Published2002
PublisherWeidenfeld & Nicolson
Place PublishedLondon
KeywordsMale author, Nigerian author, UK author
Annotation

The search for real and imagined arcadias with much discussion of the nature of arcadia and utopia from the perspective of contemporary dystopian times.

Additional Publishers

Rpt. London: Phoenix, 2003.

Holding Institutions

NLS, O

Author Note

The author (b. 1959) was born in Nigeria, lived and attended school in England from childhood to early teens, lived in Nigeria from then to 1978, when he returned to England, where he lives. He won the Booker Prize for Fiction in 1991 for The Famished Road.

Full Text

2002 Okri, Ben (b. 1959). In Arcadia. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Rpt. London: Phoenix, 2003. NLS, O

The search for real and imagined arcadias with much discussion of the nature of arcadia and utopia from the perspective of contemporary dystopian times. The author was born in Nigeria, lived and attended school in England from childhood to early teens, lived in Nigeria from then to 1978, when he returned to England, where he lives. He won the Booker Prize for Fiction in 1991 for The Famished Road.