Home to Harlem
(Paperback)
Available Formats
Paperback
Published: 31st January 2023
Paperback
Published: 29th January 2025
Hardback
Published: 29th January 2025
Paperback
Published: 11th March 2025
Publishing Details
Home to Harlem
By (Author) Claude McKay
Vintage Publishing
Vintage Classics
31st January 2023
29th September 2022
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Fiction
Street fiction / urban fiction
Narrative theme: Sense of place
Narrative theme: Identity / belonging
Narrative theme: Politics
Narrative theme: Love and relationships
Narrative theme: Social issues
813.52
Physical Properties
Paperback
224
Width 129mm, Height 178mm, Spine 14mm
164g
Description
One of four books in Vintage Classics' HARLEM RENAISSANCE series - flapped cut-down b paperbacks of some of the most influential books of the 1920s and 30s placeholder copy - not for approval VINTAGE CLASSICS' HARLEM RENAISSANCE SERIES The story of a soldier struggling to find his place in the world, Claude McKay's HOME TO HARLEM is a masterpiece of modernist writing.
Author Bio
Claude McKay was born in Jamaica, and moved to the U.S. in 1912 to study at the Tuskgee Institute. In 1928, he published his most famous novel, Home to Harlem, which won the Harmon Gold Award for Literature. He also published two other novels, Banjo and Banana Bottom, as well as a collection of short stories, Gingertown, two autobiographical books, A Long Way from Home and My Green Hills of Jamaica and a work of non-fiction, Harlem- Negro Metropolis. His Selected Poems was published posthumously, and in 1977 he was named the national poet of Jamaica.
