The Palm-Wine Drinkard

Tutuola (Amos)

Published by Faber & Faber, London, 1952

About this Item

First edition. 8vo. Original orange cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 10s6d."This astonishing storyÔªwas written in English by a West African, and is in part the product of African folk-lore, stimulated by European inventions." (jacket). A very good copy of this debut novel by Nigerian author Amos Tutuola, the first African novel published in English outside of Africa, praised by Dylan Thomas as "brief, thronged, grisly and bewitching". Tutuola's works, often drawing upon Yoruba traditions & folklore, were well received in the UK & US (far more than they were originally in his home country), drawing international acclaim and helping open up African writing to a wider audience. Given the recent prices achieved by this and other similar works by African authors at auction it seems probable that we are experiencing something of a, possibly overdue, reappraisal & resurgence of interest in these writers. The jacket is designed by the well-known artist & illustrator Barnett Freedman.Some browning to endpapers; cloth a little sunned at spine; jacket tanned at spine with loss to head of spine and corners, general edge wear. Seller Inventory # 84538

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Palm-Wine Drinkard

Publisher: Faber & Faber, London

Publication Date: 1952

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: 1st Edition