Book Title: DAZZLING MIRAGE Author’s Name: OLAYINKA ABIMBOLA EGBOKHARE Genre: Fiction (Advocacy) Number of Pages: 159 ISBN: 978-978-961-653-4 Publisher: Words Rhymes & Rhythm Year of Publication: 2017 Reviews: EGBOKARE’S ‘DAZZLING MIRAGE’ SUCCESSFULLY USED LITERATURE AS A VEHICLE TO DISCUSS GENOTYPE COMPATIBILITY AND SICKLE CELL ANEMIA BLURBS
“The author succeeds in producing a very realistic tale of love and faith in an emotively rational style that only a trained and investigative mind can manage. I suspect that in composing her narrative, Egbokhare took time to understudy the challenging world of a carrier of sickle cell;
but instead of reducing the medical information to mere data, the author produces a very moving tale that challenges received myths about SS in a hard, superstitious, indifferent, and calculating environment.” — Remi Raji,Professor of African Literatures & Creative Writing, University of Ibadan
“Literary Adaptation to Film has always been the focus of my work as an African filmmaker. Growing up, I fell in love with reading stories and simply worshipped authors. Recently, I declared that I am the principal occupant of the Crossroads – Oríta, of Orature, Literature and Film – that is my native abode! Dazzling Mirage authored by Yinka Egbokhare gives me much inspiration by its great imagination and creativity. A quotation from my daughter, Tomil?´lá Kelani, also an avid reader, who worked on the film version will suffice – “When you read a book and watch its film adaptation, you understand that there’s something fascinating in the book but somewhat missing in the film”. — Tunde Kelani,MD/CEO of Mainframe Productions
“The author’s captivating, narrative style is a fusion of bubbly imagination and stern reality — a creative mix of pain and comfort, sadness and joy and pessimism and optimism. With this debut novel, Olayinka Egbokhare champions a cause that positions literature at the core of medical awareness and social consciousness.” — Kolade Olanrewaju Freedom, Editor, PIN Quarterly Journal
