The Palm-wine Drinkard and His Dead Palm-wine Tapster in the Dead's Town
The Palm-wine Drinkard and His Dead Palm-wine Tapster in the Dead's Town

Author: Amos Tutuola

Publisher:

Published: 1952

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13:

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This classic novel tells the phantasmagorical story of an alcoholic man and his search for his dead palm-wine tapster. As he travels through the land of the dead, he encounters a host of supernatural and often terrifying beings - among them the complete gentleman who returns his body parts to their owners and the insatiable hungry-creature. Mixing Yoruba folktales with what T. S. Eliot described as a 'creepy crawly imagination', "The Palm-Wine Drinkard" is regarded as the seminal work of African literature.

The Palm-Wine Drinkard
The Palm-Wine Drinkard

Author: Amos Tutuola

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Published: 2014-07-01

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 0571311547

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This classic novel tells the phantasmagorical story of an alcoholic man and his search for his dead palm-wine tapster. As he travels through the land of the dead, he encounters a host of supernatural and often terrifying beings - among them the complete gentleman who returns his body parts to their owners and the insatiable hungry-creature. Mixing Yoruba folktales with what T. S. Eliot described as a 'creepy crawly imagination', The Palm-Wine Drinkard is regarded as the seminal work of African literature.'Brief, thronged, grisly and bewitching.' Dylan Thomas, Observer'Tutuola's art conceals - or rather clothes - his purpose, as all good art must do.' Chinua Achebe

The Palm-Wine Drinkard
The Palm-Wine Drinkard

Author: Amos Tutuola

Publisher: Faber & Faber Fiction

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780571311538

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'The Palm-Wine Drinkard' is the phantasmagorical story of an alcoholic man and his search for his dead wine tapster. As he travels through the land of the dead, he encounters a host of supernatural and often terrifying beings - among them the 'complete gentleman' who returns his body parts to their owners, the insatiable 'hungry-creature', and his own pyromaniac son.

Simbi and the Satyr of the Dark Jungle
Simbi and the Satyr of the Dark Jungle

Author: Amos Tutuola

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Published: 2014-10-14

Total Pages: 111

ISBN-13: 0571311342

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Simbi and the Satyr of the Dark Jungle is the fabulous tale of Simbi, a rich and beautiful girl with a wonderful singing voice. She tires of her comfortable lifestyle, and decides that she must come to know poverty and punishment. The story tells, with terrifying imagination and comic invention, of how she achieves this experience and how, in the end, she escapes from it. Amos Tutuola was born in Abeokuta, Nigeria, in 1920. His first novel, The Palm-Wine Drinkard, was acquired by T. S. Eliot and published by Faber in 1952.