With sensual, often brutal accuracy, Claude McKay traces the parallel paths of two very different young men struggling to find their way through the suspicion and prejudice of American society.
A novel that gives voice to the alienation and frustration of urban blacks during an era when Harlem was in vogue
VINTAGE CLASSICS' HARLEM RENAISSANCE SERIES Celebrating the finest works of the Harlem Renaissance, one of the most important Black arts movements in modern history.
Originally published in 1928, Home to Harlem renders a lively portrait of the New York City neighborhood in the 1920s, while depicting the life of single, working-class, Black men in the industrial Northeast following the First World War.
Written with brutal accuracy, Home to Harlem is the debut novel by one the first significant writers of the Harlem Renaissance. 'One of the most gifted writers of the Harlem Renaissance'--Washington Post