The Radiance of the King (New York Review Books Classics)
“A classic work of modernism—a signal work in the African canon and one that every lover of literature will admire and enjoy.”—Henry Louis Gates Jr.“One of the greatest of the African novels of the colonial period, Camara Laye’s The Radiance of the King has delighted and puzzled generations of readers inside and outside the continent. The delight is in the humor and elegance of the language and narrative. The puzzle lies in the book’s wonderfully unsettling end, which calls on us all to respond with an interpretation of our own.”—Kwame Anthony Appiah“Allegorical, Kafkaesque and African in a unique way; it is a powerful and disturbing exploration of exile, quest and reconciliation with a power greater than logic or reason.”—The New York Times Book Review