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 In Arcadia - Ben Okri
 In Arcadia - Ben Okri ... Weidenfeld & NicolsonNewest Review: ... Grail". It would seem that Okri also has his own ideas about the painting and indeed he expounds his theories in this ... more ... book. However, his ideas take up only about a page and one page is not enough to sell a book.
I strongly believe that Okri felt that in order to be able to place his ideas in the public domain he would have to construct a story to fit around them. Thus "In Arcadia" came into being.
The story is of a bunch of media people who are brought together in order to make a documentary about the journey upon which they have been sent. Initially that is all that they know. The purpose and objective is initially uncl...more |
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In Arcadia - Ben Okri: The Philosopher's Tome (717 words)
by - written on 23/06/09 (Very useful, 48 readings)
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I have never before read a book by Ben Okri. If I hadn't known that he was a writer of some acclaim, (he is a one-time Booker prize winner) this would probably have been the last. But then, I suppose it very much depends upon what you are looking for in a book. For me it disappointed. The title of the book is a direct reference to the famous picture, "Les bergers d'Arcadie" by Nicolas Poussin, which hangs in the Louvre museum in Paris. The picture depicts a group of shepherds examining a crypt set in an open landscape, upon which is the inscription, "Et in Arcadia Ego" which is the name by which the picture is also known. This ... Read the complete review
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