num_pages: 136
description: Incidents at the Shrine is the first collection of stories by the author of 1991 Booker Prize-winning novel, The Famished Road. Whether the subject is a child's eye view of the Nigerian Civil War, Lagos and the spirit world or dispossession in a decaying British inner city, Okri's lyrical, poetic and humorous prose recreates the known and the unknown world with startling power.
language: English
title: Incidents at the Shrine: Short Stories
titlecomplete: Incidents at the Shrine: Short Stories
genres: Magical Realism, Africa, African Literature, Nigeria, Short Stories, Fiction
ratings_count: 177
places: Nigeria
awards: awardedAt: 536486400000
name: Commonwealth Writers' Prize
category: Best Book in Africa
publisher: Vintage