Oyono, Ferdinand, 1929-2010.
Houseboy / Ferdinand Oyono ; translated from the French by John Reed. - London : Heinemann, 1990, c1966. - 122 pages ; 19 cm. - African writers series ; 29 . - African writers series ; 29. .
Translation of: Une vie de boy.
Cameroonian houseboy Toundi dreams of advancement and so studies the world of his white masters closely. "Gradually his eyes are opened to its realities, and in the end this leads to tragic consequences because the Europeans cannot endure the gaze of the man they have destroyed."--Page 4 of cover.
0435905325 9780435905323
Fiction.
PQ3989.O9 / V513 1990
843.914 / O985vEr, 1990
Houseboy / Ferdinand Oyono ; translated from the French by John Reed. - London : Heinemann, 1990, c1966. - 122 pages ; 19 cm. - African writers series ; 29 . - African writers series ; 29. .
Translation of: Une vie de boy.
Cameroonian houseboy Toundi dreams of advancement and so studies the world of his white masters closely. "Gradually his eyes are opened to its realities, and in the end this leads to tragic consequences because the Europeans cannot endure the gaze of the man they have destroyed."--Page 4 of cover.
0435905325 9780435905323
Fiction.
PQ3989.O9 / V513 1990
843.914 / O985vEr, 1990