The Ordeal of the African Writer Tapa dura - 2001

Charles R. Larson is professor of literature at the American University, Washington D.C. In addition to several works of fiction of his own, he has specialized in the study of English language writing by authors who may be considered to be outside the mainstream of North American and British fiction. Over the past 30 years he has written a very large number of articles, reviews, essays and stories published in major magazines, as well as books including Under African Skies: Modern African Stories (1997).
Charles R. Larson is professor of literature at the American University, Washington D.C. In addition to several works of fiction of his own, he has specialized in the study of English language writing by authors who may be considered to be outside the mainstream of North American and British fiction. Over the past 30 years he has written a very large number of articles, reviews, essays and stories published in major magazines, as well as books including Under African Skies: Modern African Stories (1997).