Prayer for the Living by Ben Okri
Author:Ben Okri [Okri, Ben]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781789544589
Publisher: Head of Zeus
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The king grew old and found one day that he was at the golden door of death. With a sigh he passed into the night. Then he heard the voice of an angel whisper to him:
‘All your life you sought truth. Then you sought the lie. Everything you were told was the truth and a lie. Did you learn anything?’
The king said:
‘I learned everything and nothing. I listened to the tales of travellers.’
The angel said:
‘Then your whole life was a lie.’
‘In which case,’ said the king, ‘I am on the verge of truth.’
That was when the king found that he too was a messenger of a greater king, who awaited the distillation of his research.
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