An edition of The Dark Child (1954)

The dark child

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The dark child
Camara Laye, Camara Laye
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An edition of The Dark Child (1954)

The dark child

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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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Publisher
Noonday Press
Language
English
Pages
188

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Cover of: The Dark Child
The Dark Child: The Autobiography of an African Boy
January 1, 1954, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Paperback in English
Cover of: The dark child
The dark child
1954, Noonday Press
in English
Cover of: The Dark Child
The Dark Child
Publish date unknown, Farrar, Strauss and Giroux.
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Edition Notes

Autobiographical story.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
916.652
Library of Congress
DT543

The Physical Object

Pagination
188 p. ;
Number of pages
188

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL20658904M

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I was a little boy playing around my father's hut.
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