Home to Harlem
$22.07
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
31 May 2024
Summary
Home to Harlem: A Jazz Age Odyssey
Claude McKay’s groundbreaking 1928 novel, Home to Harlem, a cornerstone of the Harlem Renaissance, delves into the heart of the Black experience. With unflinching honesty, McKay navigates themes of race, identity, love, and loss, giving voice to the struggles of young Black men during the vibrant Jazz Age.
Follow Jake Brown, a Black American soldier haunted by his past as a World War I deserter, as he returns to Harlem in search of…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780486852584 |
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| ISBN-10: | 048685258X |
| Series: | Dover Thrift Editions |
| Author: | Claude McKay |
| Publisher: | Dover Publications Inc. |
| Imprint: | Dover Publications Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 31 May 2024 |
| Weight: | 125g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 127mm x 9mm |
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About The Author
Claude McKay
Claude McKay (born September 15, 1889, Nairne Castle, Jamaica, British West Indies—died May 22, 1948, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.) was a Jamaican-born American poet and novelist who was one of the leading voices of the Harlem Renaissance. His book Home to Harlem (1928) was the most popular novel written by a Black American author to that time. Before moving to the United States in 1912, he wrote two volumes of Jamaican dialect verse, Songs of Jamaica and Constab Ballads (1912).
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