Tutuola

British  

/ ˈtuːtuːˌəʊlə /

noun

1. Amos . 1920–97, Nigerian writer: his books include The Palm-Wine Drinkard (1952) and Pauper, Brawler and Slanderer (1987)

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Example Sentences

That led to several bouts of malaria, he said, and long bedridden recovery periods, with his parents telling him stories — some from local folklore, others from books like “The Palm-Wine Drinkard” by Amos Tutuola.

From New York Times

“Vagabonds!,” by Eloghosa Osunde, is one of the most linguistically perceptive Nigerian novels I’ve ever read, reminiscent of Amos Tutuola’s “The Palm-Wine Drinkard.”

From New York Times

In the two decades since my first book was published, I’ve fielded the boilerplate question about my influences no end of times, name-checking an almost absurdly ragtag crew: Shirley Hazzard, Denis Johnson, William S. Burroughs, Amos Tutuola, Lydia Davis, Toni Morrison, John Berger, Ursula K. Le Guin — even, just a few weeks ago, whoever ghost-wrote David Lee Roth’s memoir, “Crazy From the Heat.”

From Los Angeles Times

Odafin “Fin” Tutuola on “SVU,” for his work ethic and his “universal appeal,” saying that nobody gets the reaction Ice-T does when filming among the public on city streets.

From Los Angeles Times

“Scars” is reminiscent of Amos Tutuola’s “My Life in the Bush of Ghosts” — a picaresque hallucination in which one horror stumbles into another in a jumble of supernatural confusion.

From Los Angeles Times