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The palm-wine drinkard and my life in the bush of ghosts by Amos Tutuola

The palm-wine drinkard and my life in the bush of ghosts Amos Tutuola ebook
Page: 209
Format: djvu
Publisher: Grove press
ISBN: 0802133630, 9780802133632

*FREE* super saver shipping on qualifying offers. The copy pictured above is actually two novels (the other being 'My Life in the Bush of Ghosts'), and I like them both a lot. In 1963, Africa's only Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka wrote that, 'Of all his novels, The Palm Wine Drinkard (1st book only prior to the 2nd, My Life in the Bush of Ghosts) remains his best and the least impeachable. You should definitely check out 'The Palm-Wine Drinkard'. And juju-man." Be it noted that this was not Tutuola's last novel; others include Feather Woman of the Jungle, The Witch-Herbalist of the Remote Town, and My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, all of which are written in the same style. Based on traditional Yoruban folktales, the narrative ironically depicts . Amos Tutuola (1920 – 1997) was a largely self-taught Nigerian writer who became internationally praised for books based in part on Yoruba folktales, especially the phantasmagorical classic The Palm-Wine Drinkard (1952). The Palm-Wine Drinkard and My Life in the Bush of Ghosts: Amos. Here are the best prices and discounts! In The Palm-Wine Drinkard (first published by Faber and Faber in 1952), Nigerian writer Amos Tutuola explores the sobering effects invading colonial powers have on indigenous populations, imposing 'civilization' through violence. You are looking for a The Palm-Wine Drinkard and My Life in the Bush of Ghosts? Some while later, the publishing company Faber & Faber was dumbfounded to receive the manuscript of The Palm-Wine Drinkard, Tutuola's first novel, which was quite unlike any manuscript they'd ever seen before. He did The Palm Wine Drinkard and My Life In The Bush of Ghosts in the 50s and early 60s. My Life in the Bush of Ghosts,.