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My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
Author: | Amos Tutuola |
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Faber and Faber, 2014 Faber and Faber, 1954 |
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Book Type: | Novel |
Genre: | Fantasy |
Sub-Genre Tags: | Magical Realism |
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This work is a selction from author Nisi Shawl's: A Crash Course in the History of Black Science Fiction, an annotated list of 40+ black science fiction works that are important to your understanding of its history. Read more about this selection below.
My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, Amos Tutuola's second novel, was first published in 1954. It tells the tale of a small boy who wanders into the heart of a fantastical African forest, the dwelling place of innumerable wild, grotesque and terrifying beings. He is captured by ghosts, buried alive and wrapped up in spider webs, but after several years he marries and accepts his new existence. With the appearance of the television-handed ghostess, however, comes a possible route of escape.
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