Camara Laye: L'Enfant noir

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Description

Camara Laye's L'Enfant noir is a classic autobiographical fiction of the French African experience in the modern world.

Features

The Focus Student Editions are appropriate as introductory texts for French language courses in literature and culture. These editions, prepared with non-native French speakers in mind, include an introduction (in French) to the author and the work, the complete novel with both linguistic and cultural notes (French-French), a current bibliography and questions in the AP* format to facilitate study.

Market

For French literature courses in French.

About the Authors

Myrna Bell Rochester has degrees from the University of Chicago (Romance Languages) and the University of California, Los Angeles, where she received her Ph.D. in French. She studied at the Université de Genève during a four-year stay. Dr. Rochester has taught at UCLA and at Stanford University. Co-author of college textbooks and educational materials, she also lectures and publishes on topics in modern literature.

Natalie Schorr teaches at Phillips Academy, Andover, where she has served as chair of the language division. She received a diplôme d’études supérieures, mention bien, from L’Université d’Aix-Marseille and served as lectrice at L’Ecole Normale Supérieure de Fontenay-aux-Roses. Her most recent book is Tune Up Your French: The Top Ten Ways to Improve Your Spoken French.

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