Home to Harlem
- ISBN-10
- 1555537790
- ISBN-13
- 9781555537791
- Series
- Home to Harlem
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 286
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-09-11
- Publisher
- UPNE
- Author
- Claude McKay
Description
A novel that gives voice to the alienation and frustration of urban blacks during an era when Harlem was in vogue
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