The Radiance of the King
Cover of 2001 edition | |
| Author | Camara Laye |
|---|---|
| Original title | Le Regard du roi |
| Translator | James Kirkup |
| Language | French |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Publisher | The New York Review of Books (English translation) |
Publication date | 1954 |
Published in English | 2001 |
The Radiance of the King (Le Regard du roi, 1954) is the second novel by Guinean writer Camara Laye. The novel tells the story of Clarence, a European man who, as he progresses through an African environment, is stripped of his Western ways.