“When I looked round she had disappeared. I began, I think, to hallucinate. I saw the secrets of the town dancing in the street: young men with the disease that melted their faces, beautiful young girls with snakes coming out of their ears, I saw skeletons dancing with fat women.” A collection of six storiesContinue reading “Stars of the new Curfew: Ben Okri”
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Once upon a time In a Free State
Bobby Said, “I never learned to drive until I came out here. But during my illness I always consoled myself with the fantasy of driving through a cold and rainy night, driving endless miles, until I came to a cottage and right at the top of a hill. There would be a fire there andContinue reading “Once upon a time In a Free State”
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