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An African in Paris
Bernard Dadie
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Description for An African in Paris
Paperback. In 1959, when Un Ngre Paris first appeared, the French still held West Africa under colonial rule. Dadie's observations and subtle parodies of Parisian manners and morals are entertaining and poignant, charming yet profound. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 280.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252064074
SKU
V9780252064074
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99-1
About Bernard Dadie
Bernard Dadié (1916-2019) was an Ivorian novelist, playwright, poet, government administrator, and figure in Côte d'Ivoire's independence movement. His many works include An African in Paris and The Black Cloth: A Collection of African Folktales. Karen C. Hatch is a professor of English at California State University Chico. She is the translator of Dadié's novel Climbie, and a collection of ... Read more
Reviews for An African in Paris
"These travel reports present a vision of France through the eyes of a naive traveler, whose irony, humor, and quality of observation remind me very much of Montesquieu's Lettres Persanes."
Elisabeth Mudimbe-Boyi, Duke University
Elisabeth Mudimbe-Boyi, Duke University