Home to Harlem

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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.

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.