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Claude McKay's most well-known Harlem Renaissance novel now in Penguin Classics

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. At the same time, this stark but moving story touches on the central themes of... Read Full Overview

Published in 1928, Claude McKay's novel Home to Harlem follows the story of the main character Jake Brown, a former soldier, as he attempts to rebuild his life in Harlem after his experience in World War I. Festus Claudius ""Claude"" McKay (September 15, 1890 - May 22, 1948)... Read Full Overview

Disgruntled by the treatment of Black soldiers in the military, Jake Brown is determined to find a place that he can call home and feel at ease with himself. Making his way to New York, he sets out into the electric unpredictable night, emerging into Harlem a common Black... Read Full Overview

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... Read Full Overview

Disgruntled by the treatment of Black soldiers in the military, Jake Brown is determined to find a place that he can call home and feel at ease with himself. Making his way to New York, he sets out into the electric unpredictable night, emerging into Harlem a common Black... Read Full Overview

A novel that gives voice to the alienation and frustration of urban blacks during an era when Harlem was in vogue.

A novel that gives voice to the alienation and frustration of urban blacks during an era when Harlem was in vogue.