Sold out
More about the book
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.
Book purchase
The Palm-Wine Drinkard, Amos Tutuola
- Language
- Released
- 1961
- product-detail.submit-box.info.binding
- (Paperback)
We’ll email you as soon as we track it down.
Payment methods
We’re missing your review here.
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Amos Tutuola
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Released
- 1961
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 125
- ISBN10
- 0571049966
- ISBN13
- 9780571049967
- Series
- First published
- 1952
- Original title
- The Palm-Wine Drinkard
- Rating
- 3.8 out of 5
- Description
- 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.