num_pages: 136
description: When Amos Tutuola's first novel, The Palm-Wine Drinkard, appeared in 1952, it aroused exceptional worldwide interest. Drawing on the West African (Nigeria) Yoruba oral folktale tradition, Tutuola described the odyssey of a devoted palm-wine drinker through a nightmare of fantastic adventure. Since then, The Palm-Wine Drinkard has been translated into more than 15 languages and has come to be regarded as a masterwork of one of Africa's most influential writers.
language: English
title: The Palm-Wine Drinkard
titlecomplete: The Palm-Wine Drinkard
genres: 20th Century, Literature, Classics, Novels, Magical Realism, Fiction, Fantasy, Africa, African Literature, Nigeria
ratings_count: 2977
places: Nigeria
publisher: Faber and Faber