The Palm Wine Drinkard
Author(s): Amos Tutuola; Wole Soyinka (Introduction by)
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
Product Information
A stunning reissue of Amos Tutuola's debut novel, first published by Faber in 1952, along with the release of Tutuola's complete works into ebook for the first time.
General Fields
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- : Faber & Faber, Limited
- : Faber & Faber, Limited
- : 0.117934
- : 01 July 2014
- : 198mm X 126mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 August 2014
- : books
Special Fields
- : 144
- : 2
- : Paperback
- : Amos Tutuola; Wole Soyinka (Introduction by)