The Radiance of the King

The Radiance of the King
Cover of 2001 edition
AuthorCamara Laye
Original titleLe Regard du roi
TranslatorJames Kirkup
LanguageFrench
GenreFiction
PublisherThe 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.