The dark child
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Word Count
47,000 words, Guess
Page Count
188 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivedarkchild0000cama
- ISBN-10080901548X
- ISBN-139780809015481
- Goodreads123773
- OCLC Control Number48645383
and 2 more
- Better World Books9780809015481
- Open LibraryOL21072658M
Classifications
- DDC916.652
- LCCDT543 .L313
- LCCDT543.4
Description
[This book] is a ... memoir of [the author's] youth in the village of Koroussa, French Guinea, a place steeped in mystery. [He] marvels over his 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. Eventually, he must choose between this unique place and the academic success that lures him to distant cities. More than the autobiography of one boy, this is the universal story of sacred traditions struggling against the encroachment of a modern world.-Back cover.
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