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Title: The Dark Child : The Autobiography of an African Boy by Camara Laye, Philippe Thoby-Marcellin, James Kirkup, Ernest Jones ISBN: 0-8090-1548-X Publisher: Hill & Wang Pub Pub. Date: 01 January, 1954 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.17 (6 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: I can't believe I read this garbage
Comment: A year ago in my freshman language arts class, I was forced to read The Dark Child. Previously having been assigned garbage such as Nectar in a Sieve and Things Fall Apart, I expected this book would be terrible as well. I was not to be disappointed.
I soon discovered that The Dark Child was a sort of childhood memoirs written by a native of rural Guinea, which is described as a primitive paradise. After choking down five pages of the poorly written (or poorly translated?) prose, I thought to myself, "Could there be a premise less compelling than a boy living an idyllic life in 1920s rural Africa?" I mulled over this thought for a while and decided that there wasn't. This book is plagued by the fundamental problem that the reader knows, doesn't want to know, or doesn't care about what's coming next. Even if you are interested in what life was like for Camara Laye's people, you will be put off by the poor writing and the utter directionlessness of this book - indeed, I constantly found myself dumbfounded by the meandering descriptions, the contrived dialogue, and the pointless vignettes.
In conclusion, I would suggest to the prospective buyer that you spend your money on something better-done and more enjoyable, such as a porn DVD.
Rating: 5
Summary: Read African Child and Radience Of The King together
Comment: Fascinating. A young foreigner in Paris, a young foreigner in Camara Laye's African Kingdom. It doesen't get any better. Read these 20 years ago.
George Pope
Rating: 5
Summary: beautiful
Comment: A beautifully textured, fluid and organic autobiography, Camara Laye offers readers a piece of his life in The Dark Child. As part of the Malinke community in Upper Guinea, Laye captures the layered tradition and culture of his community, deemed, perhaps by most, to be simplistic or primitive compared to today's modern standards. Yet it is exactly from Layes descriptions of the traditions of his community that we can begin to understand the psychology of the author. Each chapter is rich with imagery, and his words smack of sincerity and innocence, bringing about an effortless quality and flow to his work--it is as if we are there with Laye experiencing his many transitions, from boyhood to manhood. His descriptions of the communal lifestyle of his people is remarkable. Laye's works like other modern African authors reveal the realities of colonization, and help readers to appreciate and celebrate indigenous African traditions.
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Title: So Long a Letter by Mariama Ba ISBN: 0435905554 Publisher: Heinemann Pub. Date: 28 June, 1989 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: L Enfant Noir by Camara Laye ISBN: 2266023128 Publisher: Presse Pocket Pub. Date: June, 2001 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Pierre Et Jean (Oxford World's Classics (Oxford University Press).) by Guy De Maupassant, Julie Ead, Robert Lethbridge, Guy De Maupassant, Julie Mead ISBN: 019283147X Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: March, 2002 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: God's Bits of Wood by Sembene Ousmane ISBN: 0435909592 Publisher: Heinemann Pub. Date: 01 February, 1996 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Houseboy by Ferdinand Oyono ISBN: 0435905325 Publisher: Heinemann Pub. Date: 15 August, 1991 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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