The Palm-Wine Drinkard - Brossura

Tutuola, Amos

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0571311539 ISBN 13: 9780571311538

Casa editrice: Faber And Faber Ltd., 2014

Riassunto

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

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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)

That mythic dimension is what I'm most interested in - the way [Tutuola] blends the supernatural world seamlessly with the human reality. (Chigozie Obioma Financial Times)

Surreal. (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Salon)

Descrizione del libro:

A stunning reissue of Amos Tutuola's debut novel The Palm-Wine Drinkard, first published by Faber in 1952, along with the release of Tutuola's complete works into ebook for the first time.

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• Editore: Faber And Faber Ltd.
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0571311539
• ISBN 13: 9780571311538
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 136