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Madame Sosostris & the Festival for the Broken-Hearted

Ben Okri
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Product details

  • ISBN 9781035910717
  • Weight: 153g
  • Dimensions: 130 x 196mm
  • Publication Date: 21 May 2026
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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Description

'[A] whimsical tale of transformation... magic is essential, and Okri can spin it.' Guardian
'Full of rich hallucinatory imagery and enjoyably vibrant symbolism' Irish Times

Hearts will be healed and hearts broken, but no one will leave this festival as they arrived…

Viv has turned heartbreak into spectacle: a one-night-only masked festival at a French château, marking the anniversary of her first husband’s departure. Guests roam the moonlit woods in search of reinvention, all waiting for Madame Sosostris, the elusive clairvoyant of The Waste Land, rumoured to appear after decades in hiding.

But as midnight nears, disguises slip, emotions ignite and Viv’s carefully planned celebration begins to unravel.

Enchanting and unsettling, this midsummer tale explores love, illusion and the strange transformations of a single night.
About Ben Okri
Sir Ben Okri was born in Minna, Nigeria. His childhood was divided between Nigeria, where he saw first-hand the consequences of war, and London. He has won many awards over the years, including the Booker Prize for Fiction, and is also an acclaimed essayist, playwright, and poet. In 2019 Astonishing the Gods was named as one of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World'.

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