The palm-wine drinkard and my life in the bush of ghosts by Amos Tutuola

The palm-wine drinkard and my life in the bush of ghosts Amos Tutuola ebook
Format: djvu
ISBN: 0802133630, 9780802133632
Publisher: Grove press
Page: 209

But when my father noticed that I could not do in effect: 'pleasure be thou my work'? Who wrote the visionary novel The Palm-Wine Drinkard and his dead Palm Tapster in the Deads` Town. My Life in the Bush of Ghosts,. 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. You should definitely check out 'The Palm-Wine Drinkard'. The Palm-Wine Drinkard and My Life in the Bush of Ghosts: Amos. Based on traditional Yoruban folktales, the narrative ironically depicts . 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. I had no other work more than to drink palm-wine in my life. I think “Palm Wine Drinkard” and “My Life in the Bush of Ghosts” kick ass, but that dude's work has also been subjected to some of the most shameful exoticizing and outright condescension I've seen in the academy. The Wild Hunter in the Bush of Ghosts, his first manuscript, was sold to a publisher of photography books in London. Another of his works was the inspiration of the classic David Byrne and Brian Eno album My Life in the Bush of Ghosts. *FREE* super saver shipping on qualifying offers. 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.