The Palm-Wine Drinkard (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Amos Tutuola
- First Published: 1952
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Folktale
- Time of Work: Indeterminate
- Genres: Long fiction, Folklore
- Subjects: Folkloric or magical people, Magic or magicians, Mythology or myths, Marriage, Death or dying, Disasters, Natural disasters, Monsters, Nigeria or Nigerians, Famines
- Locales: Nigeria
Places Discussed
African bush. Wild, shrubby landscape through which the drinker of palm-wine (a naturally alcoholic beverage that is tapped directly from trees) travels during most of the novel. Occasionally, he and his wife discover a road, but they are soon driven back into the uncharted bush. The setting is never specifically stated, but it may be inferred. The author is Nigerian, and he incorporates Yoruba myths and legends into his loosely connected narrative. The setting is either West Africa or a magical landscape that physically resembles West Africa.
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