Home to Harlem

Claude McKay's 1928 novel, Home to Harlem, is one of the most important works of the Harlem Renaissance. With raw, unflinching candor, McKay explores race, identity, love, and loss and gives voice to the plight of young Black men during the Jazz Age. Jake Brown, a Black American soldier and a World War I deserter, returns to Harlem and struggles to find his place in a vibrant working-class community that's rife with poverty, crime, and racism. He meets various characters, including a displaced Haitian intellectual, prostitutes, hustlers, and jazz musicians, and he experiences everything from love and joy to despair and violence.

Author: Claude McKay
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 04/17/2024
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 7.80h x 4.90w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9780486852584
ISBN10: 048685258X
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | African American & Black | Urban & Street Lit
- Fiction | Classics
- Fiction | World Literature | American | 20th Century

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