The Palm-Wine Drinkard
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Product Information
| ISBN | 9780571311538 |
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| Authors | Amos Tutuola |
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| Format | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 144 |
| Weight (kg) | 0.120 |
| Publishing Date | 03/07/2014 |
| Price (excl. tax) | €14.06 |
| Tax | €0.84 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €14.90 |
| Availability | +20 units in external warehouse |
Product Description
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