[1] In this short book Le Clézio remembers his father, who was a "jungle doctor" first in British Guiana and then in Southern Cameroons and Nigeria.

Here you can find Le Clézio's thoughts about his African childhood and about life in remote places.

[2] "L'Africain", the story of the author’s father, is at once a reconstruction, a vindication, and the recollection of a boy who lived in the shadow of a stranger he was obliged to love.

I had invented a story, a history, to escape reality upon my return from Africa in this country, in this city where I did not know anyone, where I had become a stranger.

"L'Africain auquel Le Clézio rend un hommage tardif dans ce récit aussi bref que prenant, c’est son père"