Name: My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
ISBN: 9780571311552

Amos Tutuola

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. 'Tutuola ... has the immediate intuition of a creative artist working by spell and incantation.' V. S. Pritchett, New Statesman

My Life in the Bush of Ghosts

I wish I could have given this book a higher rating. The premise and start to the story is brilliant, an interesting concept which dives right in, but I felt it lasted too long and would have been much more enjoyable if it was a shorter story. 

As much as it was interesting I felt myself getting lost, and that could be the intention of the story, but I felt I wasn’t able to appreciate it enough. 

All being said I would recommend this book, the narrative and concept are wholly unique, I haven’t come across a book like this before.

Hannah Tierney

I wish I could have given this book a higher rating. The premise and start to the story is brilliant, an interesting concept which dives right in, but I felt it lasted too long and would have been much more enjoyable if it was a shorter story. 

As much as it was interesting I felt myself getting lost, and that could be the intention of the story, but I felt I wasn’t able to appreciate it enough. 

All being said I would recommend this book, the narrative and concept are wholly unique, I haven’t come across a book like this before.

My Life in the Bush of Ghosts

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