The Palm-Wine Drinkard Paperback – 3 July 2014

Ordered and delivered the following day. Just as described.

I still do not know what I read. An African magical fantasy story? A mixture of myth, legend and nonsense? I don't know, but I couldn't-not-read it.

I’ve never read anything like this before. The language and prose is completely different to traditional western literature and I understand why this has been translated into many languages as everyone all over the world should be able to enjoy this magnificent work. The imagination this man has is second to none

In the introduction, Wole Soyinka shuns labels but concedes that Amos Tutuola might have invented magical realism. The folk tale atmosphere is echoed in European tales, so perhaps this is a powerful human instinct. Tales are told round the fire at, at night, perhaps when palm wine has been taken. Striking but with a lot of rough edges. The Imperial weights and measures and pre-decimal currency add a charming sense of period but are also a reminder of colonial dominance of a large and proud country.

It was very amusing in places. I can't gloss over the violence; not for the weak-stomached.

Omg never read something like this 😂

Its another masterpiece of African Literature.It should be studied alongside Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart" in the early stages of getting to grips with the continent's literature.

A brilliant odyssey to I don't know where (the place) told in a syntax the would have got Gertrude Stein reading each sentence twice. Death is sold, fear is bought and there are nameless (and named) dangers at every step through the African bush. Confused, confusing and all the better for it.

Lettura leggera e divertente

Wunderschöne Geschichte über das Schicksal und die Frage, warum die einen Glück haben und die anderen nicht. Der Romanheld begibt sich auf die Reise, auf der Suche nach einer Antwort darauf

its an absolute masterpiece! at once the story may sound like an absurd dream but evolves more or less into an epic. The use of the grammar defying English is also brilliant.

Get "My Life in the Bush of Ghosts"... IMHO it is a little bit better than this one. This is his first book. "Ghosts" is his second. There is some slight overlap between them. But Tutuola is one of my favorite surreal writers. This is the kind of genuine "weird fiction" that can't be faked. It's right from the heart. It's very, very, very, very strange... so, if you are looking for good grammar and a story within the realms of physical possibility, look elsewhere.

Das Buch hat anscheinend in literaturintessierten Kreisen einiges an Furore gemacht, wenn man dem ausführlichen Vorwort glaubt. Aber als ich mich dann - vielleicht nicht Palmwein-besoffen genug - an die Lektüre gemacht habe, fand ich nur einen nicht endenden Faden von verworrenem Zeug. Liebhaber phantastischer Literatur mögen vielleicht gefallen daran finden. Ich tat es nicht. Und die Sprache ist so simpel, dass es fast weh tut. Sorry. Nach knapp 100 Seiten (aber auch nur, weil ich krank im Bett lag) habe ich es aufgegeben, in dem Buch noch etwas für mich wertvolles zu finden