“The Famished Road” by Ben Okri: Novel concludes with a view of human nature

“Many people reside in us…Human beings are a great mystery” (1, p. 499).

Since Ben Okri is human, he implies that many people reside in him, which he feels is a great mystery.

Comment: I don’t agree that everyone has many people (multiple personalities) in them, but I do believe it is more common among successful fiction writers than it is among the general public.

1. Ben Okri. The Famished Road. New York, Anchor/Doubleday, 1992.