by Ben Okri · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788809213890
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«Il venditore di sogni» is a collection of short stories by Ben Okri, published by Giunti Editore in paperback (346 pages, in Italian).
Stories set in Lagos that follow characters caught between everyday life in the Nigerian city and beliefs inherited from traditional culture. The narration alternates scenes of precariousness and street commerce with dreamlike episodes where ancestral myths resonate, blurring the boundaries between reality and dream.
The work was published in June 1998 in the Narratori Giunti collection and features a translation by Giorgio Bizzi.
For readers of magical realism and short fiction seeking stories rooted in African tradition and mythology.
Sir Ben Golden Emuobowho Okri is a Nigerian-born British poet and novelist. Considered one of the foremost African authors in the postmodern and post-colonial traditions, Okri has been compared to authors 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 for services to literature.
