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In Arcadia

Ben Okri

2002230 pagesabout 4–5 hours
2002
first published
  • 2002Phoenix · 230 pages · ENGISBN 9780753817261
  • 2002Weidenfeld & Nicolson · 230 pages · ENGISBN 9780297829607

A group of angry and ill-assorted people accept an invitation to make a journey. Inspired by a painting and financed by a mysterious benefactor, they set off to discover the real Arcadia. Or what remains of it. Their journey begins in ignorance and chaos at Waterloo station and takes them through superstition and myth to harmony. In the Louvre, in front of Poussin's masterpiece, they begin to understand.

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