by Laye Camara · Libraire Plon · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782266000093
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«L'enfant noir» is the autobiographical novel by Camara Laye, published in paperback (221 pages, in French).
An autobiographical account of Camara Laye's childhood in Kouroussa, Guinea, where the everyday coexists with the marvellous. The protagonist grows up between his father's goldsmith workshop and his mother's mysterious powers, while his desire to learn pushes him towards a horizon far from his people's traditions.
The novel was originally published in 1953 and received the Prix Charles Veillon. This paperback edition dates from 1976.
Suitable for readers of African literature and students of French; frequently appears in school settings as an autobiographical classic.
Camara Laye was a writer from Guinea. His most well-known works are The African Child, a novel based loosely on his own childhood, and The Radiance of the King. Both novels are among the earliest major works in Francophone African literature. Camara Laye later worked for the government of newly independent Guinea, but went into voluntary exile over political issues.
