The Palm-Wine Drinkard and My Life in the Bush of Ghosts

by Amos Tutuola

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When Amos Tutuola's first novel, The Palm-Wine Drinkard, appeared in 1952, it aroused exceptional worldwide interest. Drawing on the West African Yoruba oral folktale tradition, Tutuola described the odyssey of a devoted palm-wine drinker through a nightmare of fantastic adventure. Since then, The Palm-Wine Drinkard has been translated into more than 15 languages and has come to be regarded as a masterwork of one of Africa's most influential writers...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0802133630

ISBN13:9780802133632

Release Date:December 1993

Publisher:Grove Press

Length:256 Pages

Weight:0.75 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 5.3" x 8.2"

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