by Bernard Dadie
University of Illinois Press, 1994
Cloth: 978-0-252-02040-7 | Paper: 978-0-252-06407-4
Library of Congress Classification PQ3989.D28N413 1994
Dewey Decimal Classification 843

ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
ABOUT THIS BOOK
Writing in an informal and episodic style, Bernard Dadié recounts a West African man's first journey to France, from the exhilarating moment when he obtains his ticket through a humorous and fascinating tour across the City of Light.

In 1959, when Un Negre a Paris first appeared, the French still held West Africa under colonial rule. Dadié's subtle parodies draw on intimate knowledge obtained over decades spent observing the colonizers abroad and now, suddenly, on their own home terrain. His remarks on Parisian living conditions, wordplay, manners, and and morals are entertaining and poignant, charming yet profound.


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