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The Palm-wine Drinkard (Paperback)

by Amos Tutuola (Author)
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  • Paperback: 125 pages
  • Publisher: Faber and Faber (18 Mar 1977)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0571049966
  • ISBN-13: 978-0571049967
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.6 x 1.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 47,536 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars More than a folk tale, 24 Jun 1999
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I bought the Bangla translated version of this book from a second-hand bookstore in Bangladesh. That one had biography of Amos Tutuola and a brief introduction about African folk tale, particularly the unique style of delivering the story by talking, acting and dancing. When I started reading the story itself, I found a class of literature that was completely different from East and West. This is not merely a folk tell, the writer has got unimaginable way of thinking in his brain. Read the first paragraph and you will find you are shocked. You can't stop reading until it is finished.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Surrealy inventive., 7 Sep 2006
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Though Tutuola did not consider himself a writer, more a collector of folk stories, this does not affect how affecting the 'Palm-Wine Drinkard' can be. I have never read anything quite so surreal, linguistically inventive or bizzarely compelling. Anyone with an interest in West African culture, folk tales in general or the stranger side of the human imagination should own a copy.
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4.0 out of 5 stars If you fell like traveling to a different world., 6 Jun 2009
It's a really nice book,
If you like a different typt of reading this is for you.
There is always something happening in the book, every page has kind of a different story.
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