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

by Amos Tutuola

Book Overview

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: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.2"