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Simbi and the Satyr of the Dark Jungle

Amos Tutuola author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Faber & Faber

Published:5th Feb '15

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The classic novels of Amos Tutuola have been repackaged and reissued together for the first time in paperback.

Simbi and the Satyr of the Dark Jungle is the fabulous tale of Simbi, a rich and beautiful girl with a wonderful singing voice. The story tells, with terrifying imagination and comic invention, of how she achieves this experience and how, in the end, she escapes from it.

Amos Tutuola was born in Abeokuta, Nigeria, in 1920.

Simbi and the Satyr of the Dark Jungle is the fabulous tale of Simbi, a rich and beautiful girl with a wonderful singing voice. She tires of her comfortable lifestyle, and decides that she must come to know poverty and punishment. The story tells, with terrifying imagination and comic invention, of how she achieves this experience and how, in the end, she escapes from it.

Amos Tutuola was born in Abeokuta, Nigeria, in 1920. His first novel, The Palm-Wine Drinkard, was acquired by T. S. Eliot and published by Faber in 1952.

ISBN: 9780571320721

Dimensions: 198mm x 126mm x 10mm

Weight: 119g

144 pages

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