Village Witch Doctor and Other Stories e-bog
66,68 DKK
(inkl. moms 83,35 DKK)
Yoruba legend and culture were the source of much of Amos Tutuola's writing and the stories collected here are no exception. They feature characters from folklore, archetypal figures from Yoruba society, supernatural or magical happenings, acute human observation and often a moral point. Their very titles - from 'The Duckling Brothers and their Disobedient Sister' to 'Don&ap...
E-bog
66,68 DKK
Forlag
Faber & Faber
Udgivet
1 juli 2014
Genrer
FA
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9780571311330
Yoruba legend and culture were the source of much of Amos Tutuola's writing and the stories collected here are no exception. They feature characters from folklore, archetypal figures from Yoruba society, supernatural or magical happenings, acute human observation and often a moral point. Their very titles - from 'The Duckling Brothers and their Disobedient Sister' to 'Don't Pay Bad for Bad' - are evocative of a unique blend of tradition and imagination, which belongs to the same universal culture as Aesop and the Brothers Grimm.