Madame Sosostris & the Festival for the Broken-Hearted [electronic resource]
Ben Okri2025
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What do you do when your heart has been made a wasteland by love?
Viv, who's in the House of Lords, had the idea for the festival on the twentieth
anniversary of the day her first husband left her. Six months later, crowds
descend on the grounds of a dreamlike chateau in the South of France, avidly
awaiting the experience of a lifetime, Viv's inaugural Festival for the
Broken-Hearted.
Everyone is in fancy dress. No one knows who anyone is. They wander the
beautiful woods with just one night to change everything. And to crown it all, a
very special guest is expected: world-renowned clairvoyant and fortune-teller
Madame Sosostris, known as the wisest woman in Europe, and not seen since the
pages of T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land . She will attend for one night only.
But will she actually appear at ...
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Author:
Ben Okri, Author
Imprint:
London United Kingdom : Apollo, 2025
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (208 pages)
Audience:
General / adult
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Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781035910724
Language:
English
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BRN:
533306
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