Forest of A Thousand Daemons: A Hunter's Saga
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| Rating | : | 4.47 (690 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0872866300 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 153 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-06-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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This is starting over, foundational writing and as such it is easy to understand how the novel gained its influential reputation. . Akara-ogun, sits with our unnamed narrator who is referred to as "the author" and begins to tell of his life. At each turn, Akara-ogun leaves for the night, only to return and finish the next day. The book opens by asking the reader to "Dance my friends, in harmony, with joy and laughter" to allow the author to weave his story. Then the reader is asked two things: that we put ourselves in the characters place, and that we take wisdom with us from the story. The prose reads like a campfire tale. Here, Nobel Prize winner Wole Soyinka presents the English version along with an essay on the Yoruba language and the process of translation. From Publishers Weekly Fagunwa's book was written in 1939 in Nigeria. A sort of Yoruba 1001 Nights emerges. That life involves a forest full of monsters, a witch-mother who turns into an antelope, and a king who is an ostrich
A delightful, breathtaking journey into the biggest hunter's saga in the Yoruba literature ITA Wole Soyinka's 'Forest of A Thousand Daemons: A Hunter's Saga', is a marvelous translation of D.O Fagunwa's 'Ogboju Ode Ninu Igbo Irunmole', a bewitching literary journey into the vast, fantastical world of Yoruba mythology. The translator's deep understanding of the culture within which the action is set, and the sheer elegance of the language with which he sets it down, undoubtedly establish this translation as a m. A True Classic This book contains a very interesting story and adventure of a West African Hunter in a dreadful forest, who eventually found the secret of lasting happiness and peace of mind. The author is Daniel Fagunwa. Wole Soyinka, a Nobelist translated the story. This book had 1A True Classic Sunday Faluyi This book contains a very interesting story and adventure of a West African Hunter in a dreadful forest, who eventually found the secret of lasting happiness and peace of mind. The author is Daniel Fagunwa. Wole Soyinka, a Nobelist translated the story. This book had 140 pages of jam-packed action.The reader is easily swept away by many adventure of the heroic hunter in this book. The story is captivating, and emotio. 0 pages of jam-packed action.The reader is easily swept away by many adventure of the heroic hunter in this book. The story is captivating, and emotio. "A great read. Missed some original phrases from the yourba" according to Bimbo. A great read. Missed some original phrases from the yourba copy. Not sure much could be given that yoruba is a much richer and descriptive language
Except that Fagunwa’s book is not a collection of oral tales, but an original modern novel, one that sets out to test the limits of the form of the novel, the range of myth and its overlap into daily life. 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 Amos Tutuola.A triumph of the mythic imagination, the narrative unfolds in a landscape where, true to Yoruba cosmology, human, natural, and supernatural beings are compellingly and wonderfully