The palm-wine drinkard and my life in the bush of ghosts Amos Tutuola
Publisher: Grove press
My Life in the Bush of Ghosts is a novel by African writer Amos Tutuola from Nigeria published in 1954. Amos Tutuola, Nigérien, écrit dans un anglais proche de l'oral. BARNES & NOBLE | Palm-Wine Drinkard and My Life in the Bush of. You should definitely check out 'The Palm-Wine Drinkard'. How he is enslaved by a disgusting ghost,. 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. The Palm-Wine Drinkard and My Life in the Bush of Ghosts | Books. En 1946 paraît son premier livre The Palm-Wine Drinkard. I remember that my dad would read Amos Tutuola's My Life in the Bush of Ghosts and The Palm-Wine Drinkard at bedtime, and I was SO OBSESSED. Based on traditional Yoruban folktales, the narrative ironically depicts . 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.