Home To Harlem by Mckay, Claude, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US

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Book Series: Dover Thrift Editions: Black History Ser. Format: Trade Paperback Author: Claude Mckay Number of Pages: 160 Pages Item Weight: 16 Oz Genre: Fiction Topic: Classics, African American / Historical, African American / Urban Book Title: Home to Harlem Item Width: 5 in width: 5 in Item Length: 8 in Publication Year: 2024 ISBN: 9780486852584 Language: English Publisher: Dover Publications, Incorporated

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Home To Harlem by Mckay, Claude, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US. Home To Harlem by Mckay, Claude, ISBN 048685258X, ISBN-13 9780486852584, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US 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.