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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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"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

An African in Paris

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      Publisher: University of Illinois Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/05/1994
      ISBN13: 9780252064074, 978-0252064074
      ISBN10: 0252064070
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.



      Trade Review
      "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

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