The Radiance of the King

The Radiance of the King
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Publisher : New York Review of Books
Total Pages : 313
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ISBN-10 : 9781590174555
ISBN-13 : 1590174550
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Book Synopsis The Radiance of the King by : Camara Laye

Download or read book The Radiance of the King written by Camara Laye and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2011-08-16 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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