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the dark child
the dark child is a distinct and graceful memoir of camara layes youth in the village of koroussa french guinea . long regarded africas preeminent francophone novelist laye 1928 80 herein marvels over his mothers supernatural powers his fathers 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 . br
paperback hill & wang 1994 isbn 080901548x
abridged n isbn 13 9780809015481 number of pages 192 publisher farrar straus & giroux release date 62135769600000