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Forest of A Thousand Daemons: A Hunter's Saga
D.O. Fagunwa
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Description for Forest of A Thousand Daemons: A Hunter's Saga
Paperback. The first novel written in the Yoruba language and one of the first to be written in any African language. Illustrator(s): Onobrakpeya, Bruce. Translator(s): Soyinka, Wole. Num Pages: 153 pages, 6 B&W illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 203 x 12. Weight in Grams: 204.
"His total conviction in multiple existences within our physical world is as much an inspiration to some of the most brilliant fiction in Yoruba writing as it is a deeply felt urge to 'justify the ways of God to man.'"--Wole Soyinka, translator and Nobel Laureate A classic work of African literature, Forest of a Thousand Daemons is the first novel to be written in the Yoruba language. First published in Nigeria in 1939, it is one of that country's most revered and widely read works, and its influence on Nigerian literature is profound, most notably in the works of ... Read more
"His total conviction in multiple existences within our physical world is as much an inspiration to some of the most brilliant fiction in Yoruba writing as it is a deeply felt urge to 'justify the ways of God to man.'"--Wole Soyinka, translator and Nobel Laureate A classic work of African literature, Forest of a Thousand Daemons is the first novel to be written in the Yoruba language. First published in Nigeria in 1939, it is one of that country's most revered and widely read works, and its influence on Nigerian literature is profound, most notably in the works of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
City Lights Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
204g
Number of Pages
153
Place of Publication
Monroe, OR, United States
ISBN
9780872866300
SKU
V9780872866300
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About D.O. Fagunwa
About D.O. Fagunwa In 1938, entering a literary contest of the Nigerian education ministry, Daniel O. Fagunwa wrote Forest of a Thousand Daemons, one of the first novels to be written in any African language. Fagunwa was the first Nigerian writer to employ folk philosophy in telling his stories and his influence on Nigerian literature is profound, most notable ... Read more
Reviews for Forest of A Thousand Daemons: A Hunter's Saga
"Fagunwa's language has a rolling energy that serves it well."
Rudi Dornemann, Rain Taxi "Readers can only be grateful that Soyinka used his prison time to bring this important Yoruba novel into English."
Geoff Wisner, The Quarterly Conversation
Rudi Dornemann, Rain Taxi "Readers can only be grateful that Soyinka used his prison time to bring this important Yoruba novel into English."
Geoff Wisner, The Quarterly Conversation