The Dark Child - by Camara Laye (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Originally published in 1954 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b><i>The Dark Child </i>is a distinct and graceful memoir of French author Camara Laye's youth in the village of Koroussa, French Guinea. </b> <p/>Long regarded as Africa's preeminent Francophone novelist, Laye (1928-1980) 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 an autobiography of one boy, this is the universal story of sacred traditions struggling against the encroachment of a modern world. <p/>A passionate and deeply affecting record, <i>The Dark Child </i>is a classic of African literature.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>This book is a distinct and graceful memoir of Camara Laye's youth in the village of Koroussa, French Guinea, a place steeped in mystery. Laye marvels over this 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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"<i>The Dark Child </i>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." --<i>From the Introduction by Philippe Thoby-Marcellin</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Camara Laye</b> was born in 1928 in the village of Koroussa, French Guinea. He was still in his twenties and studying engineering in France when he wrote his award-winning memoir, <i>The Dark Child.</i> His next book, <i>The Radiance of the King</i>, was described as one of the greatest of the African novels of the colonial period (Kwame Anthony Appiah). He died in Senegal in 1980.
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