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Christopher Ringrose, « “The Mind Develops Wings”: The Famished Road », Commonwealth Essays and Studies, ID : 10.4000/ces.5334
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A number of illuminating recent critical readings of The Famished Road tend to abstract a particular allegorical or political significance from the text. However, Okri’s later narratives, such as Dangerous Love, Astonishing the Gods and In Arcadia, suggest that spirituality and the power of the imagination are the defining features of his work. Spirituality pervades the whole of The Famished Road – a fact which can make more specific allegorical readings appear limiting. The novel is best viewed through the intersection between material and spiritual journeys, and the way these relate to the novel’s multifaceted depiction of social conditions.