Author: Amos Tutuola Year: 2014 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Fiction, Fantasy Culture: Africa
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ISBNs: 9780571049967 0571049966 |
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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 (Nigeria) 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.
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