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A review by hayesstw
My Life in the Bush of Ghosts by Amos Tutuola
4.0
A fascinating read.
It is written in a rather incoherent slang style of western Nigeria, which seems to fit well with the nature character of the story. It is the world of [b:The moon of Gomrath|694942|The Moon of Gomrath (Tales of Alderley, #2)|Alan Garner|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1177344653s/694942.jpg|1219230] and other such stories, and it does with African mythology what [a: Alan Garner|47991|Alan Garner|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1363273417p2/47991.jpg] does with Celtic and Anglo-Saxon mythologies, only it is less of a dramatic unity, and the adventures of the hero are disordered, and it lacks an overall purpose.
It is written in a rather incoherent slang style of western Nigeria, which seems to fit well with the nature character of the story. It is the world of [b:The moon of Gomrath|694942|The Moon of Gomrath (Tales of Alderley, #2)|Alan Garner|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1177344653s/694942.jpg|1219230] and other such stories, and it does with African mythology what [a: Alan Garner|47991|Alan Garner|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1363273417p2/47991.jpg] does with Celtic and Anglo-Saxon mythologies, only it is less of a dramatic unity, and the adventures of the hero are disordered, and it lacks an overall purpose.