Amos Tutuola

Broschiertes Buch

The Palm-Wine Drinkard

Beschreibung

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

Autor

Amos Tutuola was born in Abeokuta, Nigeria, in 1920. The son of a cocoa farmer, he attended several schools before training as a blacksmith. He later worked as a civil servant. His first novel, The Palm-Wine Drinkard, was published in 1952 and brought him international recognition. From 1956 until retirement, he worked for the Nigerian Broadcasting Company while continuing to write. His last book, The Village Witch Doctor and Other Stories, was published in 1990. He died in Ibadan in 1997.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Faber & Faber, London
• New Edition
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 128mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 120g
• ISBN-13: 9780571311538
• ISBN-10: 0571311539
• Artikelnr.: 40603607

Rezensionen

Brief, thronged, grisly and bewitching. Dylan Thomas Observer