Black Girl in Paris
Black Girl in Paris is a novel written by American author Shay Youngblood. It was originally published in 2000 by Riverhead Books and then republished in 2013 by Blue Cloud Press.
The novel follows Eden Daniel, a woman in her mid-20s, who longs to be a writer and escapes to Paris in the mid-1980s.
In 2013 the novel was adapted into a short film of the same name directed by Kiandra Parks and starring Zaraah Abrahams.[1]
Reception
The novel had a mixed reception. Salon called Youngblood a lyricist but criticized her for "clichéd bohemian characters".[2] Publishers Weekly called it "a bold if sometimes self-indulgent memoir-style account of an aspiring writer".[3]
References
- ^ Tiggett, Jai. "Short Film 'Black Girl in Paris' (Tracey Heggins, Zaraah Abrahams) Heads to HBO". Retrieved 14 June 2018.
- ^ Bahadur, Gaiutra. "Review: Author beats all around the bush".
- ^ "Black Girl in Paris". Retrieved 14 June 2018.
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