Dark Child
by Camara Laye
Pages
188
Language
EN
ISBN
9780809015481
Reading Time
~3h 17min
Dark Child is a book by Camara Laye. It has 188 pages.
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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.
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Dark Child has 188 pages.
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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 animi...
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Dark Child was written by Camara Laye.