The Palm-Wine Drinkard: And His Dead Palm-Wine Tapster in the Dead's Town
Grove Pr, November 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Used - Very Good / Good. Item #290498 This classic novel tells the phantasmagorical story of an alcoholic man and his search for his dead palm-wine tapster. As he travels through the land of the dead, he encounters a host of supernatural and often terrifying beings - among them the complete gentleman who returns his body parts to their owners and the insatiable hungry-creature. Mixing Yoruba folktales with what T. S. 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.
ISBN: 0802150489
Bound in orange boards blindstamped with a palm tree, bright green cloth spine. Shelf wear and toning on the jacket. Mylar wrapped to preserve. Lightly bumped corners. Small coffee stain on first ten pages.
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Price: $75.00
