by Joyce Cary · Phoenix · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780460875868
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«An American Visitor» is the novel by Joyce Cary published by Phoenix in the Everyman's Library collection in paperback (230 pages, in English).
The story follows Marie, an American anthropologist who travels to colonial Nigeria convinced she has found an idyllic place in the community of Nok. The deception of the colonial authorities, the arrival of gold prospectors in Birri territory, and her involvement with the peculiar district officer put her idealistic gaze and privileged position in crisis.
The work draws on Joyce Cary's time as a member of the British political service in Nigeria in 1913.
Framed in literary and coming-of-age fiction, it will appeal to those seeking classic novels about colonialism in Africa.
Arthur Joyce Lunel Cary, known as Joyce Cary, was an Anglo-Irish novelist and colonial official. His most notable novels include Mister Johnson and The Horse's Mouth.
