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The Focus Student Editions are designed for French language courses in literature and culture. Prepared with non-native French speakers in mind, these editions include an introduction (in French), the complete work, and linguistic and cultural notes in French, a current bibliography and study questions.

A masterwork of modern francophone African literature, L’enfant noir has the artistry of a novel and the authenticity of an autobiography.  This prizewinning 1954 tale describes the narrator’s journey from childhood in Kouroussa, in northwestern Guinea, to France, and the conflict of sacred traditions with the ways of the modern world.

French text of Laye's novel with vocabulary and notes suitable for students studying for the AP exam in French Literature.

Myrna Bell Rochester (Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles) has taught at UCLA and at Stanford University. She is the co-author of college textbooks and educational materials, including several annotated texts in French literature for Focus Publishing.

Natalie Schorr teaches at Phillips Academy, Andover, where she has served as chair of the language division. She received a diplome d’etudes superieures, mention bien, from L’Université d’Aix-Marseille and served as lectrice at L’Ecole Normale Superieure de Fontenay-aux-Roses.