The Dark Child

Name: The Dark Child
Brand: HILL & WANG
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The Autobiography of an African Boy

By: Camara Laye, James Kirkup (Translator), Ernest Jones (Translator)

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Paperback | 1 January 1954

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192 Pages

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20.3 x 13.7 x 1.4

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"The Dark Child "is a distinct and graceful memoir of Camara Laye's youth in the village of Koroussa, French Guinea. Long regarded Africa's preeminent Francophone novelist, Laye (1928-80) herein marvels over his mother's supernatural powers, his father's distinction as the village goldsmith, and his own passage into manhood, which is marked by animistic beliefs and bloody rituals of primeval origin. Eventually, he must choose between this unique place and the academic success that lures him to distant cities. More than autobiography of one boy, this is the universal story of sacred traditions struggling against the encroachment of a modern world. A passionate and deeply affecting record, "The Dark Child "is a classic of African literature.

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"The Dark Child "has the force of nostalgia, which spurred Laye to write it to relieve his exile at a time when he was far from his people. "From the Introduction by Philippe Thoby-Marcellin"" "The Dark Child has the force of nostalgia, which spurred Laye to write it to relieve his exile at a time when he was far from his people." --From the Introduction by Philippe Thoby-Marcellin ""The Dark Child "has the force of nostalgia, which spurred Laye to write it to relieve his exile at a time when he was far from his people." --From the Introduction by Philippe Thoby-Marcellin ""The Dark Child has the force of nostalgia, which spurred Laye to write it to relieve his exile at a time when he was far from his people." --From the Introduction by Philippe Thoby-Marcellin

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