THE PALM-WINE DRINKARD

Book ID/图书代码： 04560007B18346

English Summary/英文概要： The Palm-Wine Drinkard is the phantasmagorical story of an alcoholic man and his search for his dead wine tapster. As he travels through the land of the dead, he encounters a host of supernatural and often terrifying beings - among them the ’complete gentleman’ who returns his body parts to their owners, the insatiable ’hungry-creature’, and his own pyromaniac son. Mixing Yoruba folktales with what TS Eliot described as a ’creepy crawly imagination’, The Palm-Wine Drinkard is regarded as the seminal work of African literature.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《棕榈酒醉汉》讲述了一名酒徒寻找他死去酒保的神奇故事。在死亡的国度里，他遇到了遇到了一群超自然并且十分恐怖的生物---其中有一个名为“完整绅士”的生物，它会将自己身体的各个部分还给其各自的主人---贪得无厌的“饥渴生物”，以及其自己的纵火狂儿子。作者将约鲁巴民俗传说与T•S•艾略特所描绘的“恐怖爬行想象”结合起来，因此《棕榈酒醉汉》也被认为是半个非洲文学作品。（DC）

Awards/获奖情况："...简洁、充实，略带一丝恐怖，却又充满着一丝魔力。。。。。。以英语文字的形式记载，却又来自于一名西非作者。。。。。。在这部既高尚又邪恶的故事里，没有什么过于宏大，亦没有什么过于微小。" (迪伦•托马斯，《观察家》)。

"...brief, thronged, grisly and bewitching ...written in English by a West African...Nothing is too prodigious or too trivial to put down in this tall, devilish story". (Dylan Thomas in the "Observer").

About the Author/作者介绍： 阿莫斯•图托拉于1920年出生于尼日利亚首府阿贝奥库塔。作为一名可可农的儿子，他在接受训练成为一名铁匠前曾前往多所学校就读学习。随后他曾担任过公务人员。他的第一部小说作品《棕榈酒醉汉》于1952年出版发行，并为其赢得了国际声誉。从1956年至其退休，他都一直为为尼日利亚广播公司工作，并坚持写作。其最后一部作品《乡村巫医及其他故事》则于1990年出版发行。作者1997年逝世于伊巴丹。

Amos Tutuola was born in Abeokuta, Nigeria, in 1920. The son of a cocoa farmer, he attended several schools before training as a blacksmith. He later worked as a civil servant. His first novel, The Palm-Wine Drinkard, was published in 1952 and brought him international recognition. From 1956 until retirement, he worked for the Nigerian Broadcasting Company while continuing to write. His last book, The Village Witch Doctor and Other Stories, was published in 1990. He died in Ibadan in 1997.

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Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE

Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：AVAILABLE(到期可授)

Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：Rights sold: Brazil (Carambaia), Catalan (Laertes, exp. 2015), Estonia (Margus Lattik, exp. 2020), France (Gallimard), Iceland (Angústúra), Italy (Adelphi), Korea (Yolimwon exp.2023), Portugal (Edicoes tinta-dachina), Slovenia (Zamik, exp. 2012), South Korea (Yolimwon), Spain (Sureda 57, exp. 2020), Taiwan (Rye Field, exp. 2007), Turkey (Ithaki)

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