‘The Palm-Wine Drinkard’ – Amos Tutuola . This novel written in 1952 remains timeless in craft and message and was the first African novel published in English outside of Africa. The tale follows a man whose life revolves around drinking palm wine, a sweet, cloudy alcohol brewed from palm tree sap. After the death of his palm tapster, The Drinkard buries his body and sets out to find him in the land of the dead. Many supernatural perils abound along the journey – and it is a truly haunting and powerful story


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Add to Calendar Europe/Paris ‘The Palm-Wine Drinkard’ – Amos Tutuola . This novel written in 1952 remains timeless in craft and message and was the first African novel published in English outside of Africa. The tale follows a man whose life revolves around drinking palm wine, a sweet, cloudy alcohol brewed from palm tree sap. After the death of his palm tapster, The Drinkard buries his body and sets out to find him in the land of the dead. Many supernatural perils abound along the journey – and it is a truly haunting and powerful story

‘The Palm-Wine Drinkard’ – Amos Tutuola
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This novel written in 1952 remains timeless in craft and message and was the first African novel published in English outside of Africa. The tale follows a man whose life revolves around drinking palm wine, a sweet, cloudy alcohol brewed from palm tree sap. After the death of his palm tapster, The Drinkard buries his body and sets out to find him in the land of the dead. Many supernatural perils abound along the journey – and it is a truly haunting and powerful story.
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‘The Palm-Wine Drinkard’ – Amos Tutuola
.
This novel written in 1952 remains timeless in craft and message and was the first African novel published in English outside of Africa. The tale follows a man whose life revolves around drinking palm wine, a sweet, cloudy alcohol brewed from palm tree sap. After the death of his palm tapster, The Drinkard buries his body and sets out to find him in the land of the dead. Many supernatural perils abound along the journey – and it is a truly haunting and powerful story.
#LibreriaLondon #bookrecommends #libreriatryptich #drinkingrituals #cantwaittobesober #thedrinkard #amostutuola

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