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The Witch-Herbalist of the Remote Town

Amos Tutuola
Barcode 9780571316922
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Release Date: 03/07/2014

Edition: Main
Genre: Fiction
Label: Faber & Faber
Language: English
Publisher: Faber & Faber

After four years of marriage, the brave hunter of the Rocky Town and his beautiful wife, Lola, are still without a child. For six years he journeys, conquering or escaping from such haunting characters as the Abnormal Squatting Man of the Jungle and the Crazy Removable-Headed Wild Man. After four years of marriage, the brave hunter of the Rocky Town and his beautiful wife, Lola, are still without a child. Equipped with juju, sharpened machete, bow and poisonous arrows, flints and thunderbolts, he sets off in search of the Witch-Herbalist's medicine. For six years he journeys, conquering or escaping from such haunting characters as the Abnormal Squatting Man of the Jungle and the Crazy Removable-Headed Wild Man. Finally he reaches the Remote Town of the Witch-Mother and is given medicine for his wife, but on the way home he makes a decision with interesting consequences.