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Review: The Palm-Wine Drinkard & My Life in the Bush of GhostsUser Review - Amy - GoodreadsSo I only read the Palm-Wine Drinkard and the title is appropriate considering how much this felt like a drunk person telling about their dreams. However, there is a lot of interesting imagery, even if it's hard to latch onto any sort of narrative. An odd story, but thankfully fairly short. Read full review Review: The Palm-Wine Drinkard & My Life in the Bush of GhostsUser Review - Sergio - GoodreadsI could not possibly attempt to explore the true depth of these two novels. I simply don't have the cultural, linguistic, or literary knowledge to truly understand them at their essence. Tutuola's ... Read full review Related books
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Common terms and phrases20th town Abeokuta Amos Tutuola armless asked began body brought bush animals Bush of Ghosts changed clothes compound leaf cowrie dancing dead died drinks drum earthly person earthly town entered eyes Faithful-Mother farm father fearful fire flash-eyed mother gave GEOFFREY PARRINDER glad ground half-bodied baby hands head heard hole home town hour human-beings juju kill kinds of ghosts king lady lady saw laughing leave living loads looking miles minutes morning mouth noises o'clock Ogun once Orisha Palm-Wine Drinkard palm-wine tapster reached red creatures Red-people Red-town replied rest road running short ghosts Skull slave sleep slept smell smelling-ghosts smoking pipe song sore stood stopped surprise talking tell terrible thought told took town of ghosts travelled tree Tutuola ugly uncountable village voice wanted white tree whole wife wives Wizard woke woman yams Yoruba References to this bookFrom other books
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