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The Radiance of the King

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At the beginning of this masterpiece of African literature, Clarence, a white man, has been shipwrecked on the coast of Africa. Flush with self-importance, he demands to see the king, but the king has just left for the south of his realm. Traveling through an increasingly phantasmagoric landscape in the company of a beggar and two roguish boys, Clarence is gradually stripped of his pretensions, until he is sold to the royal harem as a slave. But in the end Clarence's bewildering journey is the occasion of a revelation, as he discovers the image, both shameful and beautiful, of his own humanity in the alien splendor of the king

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Many critics consider this to be the finest African novel ever written. New introduction by Toni Morrison.
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ISBN:
9780940322585
Introduction:
Morrison, Toni
Author:
Camara, Laye
Translator:
Kirkup, James
Author:
Laye, Camara
Author:
Morrison, Toni
Publisher:
New York Review of Books
Location:
New York, NY
Subject:
General
Subject:
Africa
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Guinea
Copyright:
1971
Series Volume:
D36
Publication Date:
July 2001
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
288
Dimensions:
8.01x5.02x.84 in. .71 lbs.
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