The palm-wine drinkard and my life in the bush of ghosts Amos Tutuola
Publisher: Grove press

The Palm-Wine Drinkard was followed up by My Life in the Bush of Ghosts in 1954 and then several other books in which Tutuola continued to explore Yoruba traditions and folklore. The Palm-Wine Drinkard / My Life in the Bush of Ghosts. The copy pictured above is actually two novels (the other being 'My Life in the Bush of Ghosts'), and I like them both a lot. In The Palm-Wine Drinkard (first published by Faber and Faber in 1952), Nigerian writer Amos Tutuola explores the sobering effects invading colonial powers have on indigenous populations, imposing 'civilization' through violence. Compare our books, prices and service to. Some of these pranks, one's mind went to those fantasy fairy tales of the likes of D.O Fagunwa/ Wole Soyinka in The Forest of a Thousand Deamons or Amos Tutuola's Palmwine Drinkard and My Life in the Bush of Ghosts. ISBN13: 9780802133632Condition: NewNotes: BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! The Palm-Wine Drinkard is a rich and spectacular exploration of this gross perversion, its expiation through appropriate punishment and the offender's final restoration. But when my father noticed that I could not do in effect: 'pleasure be thou my work'? Amos Tutuola's Palm Wine Drinkard has the distinction of being the first African novel to have achieved international recognition. You should definitely check out 'The Palm-Wine Drinkard'. The Wild Hunter in the Bush of Ghosts, his first manuscript, was sold to a publisher of photography books in London. Based on traditional Yoruban folktales, the narrative ironically depicts . I had no other work more than to drink palm-wine in my life. The Palm-Wine Drinkard and My Life in the Bush of Ghosts | Books.