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Romance in Marseille

Title
  1. Romance in Marseille / Claude McKay ; edited and with an introduction by Gary Holcomb and William J. Maxwell.
Published by
  1. [New York, New York] : Penguin Books, [2020]
  2. ©2020
Author
  1. McKay, Claude, 1890-1948

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Additional authors
  1. Holcomb, Gary Edward
  2. Maxwell, William J. (College teacher)
Description
  1. li, 165 pages : illustrations; 20 cm.
Summary
  1. "Buried in the archive for almost ninety years, Claude McKay's Romance in Marseille traces the adventures of a rowdy troupe of dockworkers, prostitutes, and political organizers--collectively straight and queer, disabled and able-bodied, African, European, Caribbean, and American. Set largely in the culture-blending Vieux Port of Marseille at the height of the Jazz Age, the novel takes flight along with Lafala, an acutely disabled but abruptly wealthy West African sailor"--
  2. Buried in the archive for almost ninety years, Claude McKay's novel traces the adventures of a rowdy troupe of dockworkers, prostitutes, and political organizers. Set largely in the culture-blending Vieux Port of Marseille at the height of the Jazz Age, it features characters who are straight and queer, disabled and able-bodied, African, European, Caribbean, and American. While stowing away on a transatlantic ship, Lafala is locked in a frigid closet. The dancer loses part of both legs to frostbite. Back in Marsaille, he resumes an affair with Aslima, a Moroccan courtesan. -- adapted from publisher info and back cover.
Series statement
  1. Penguin classics
Uniform title
  1. Penguin classics.
Subject
  1. Sailors > Fiction
  2. Stevedores > Fiction
  3. Imperialism > Fiction
  4. Harbors > Fiction
  5. Sex workers > Fiction
  6. Sexual minorities > Fiction
  7. Gender expression > Fiction
  8. Nineteen twenties > Fiction
  9. People with disabilities > Fiction
  10. Gender expression
  11. Harbors
  12. Imperialism
  13. Nineteen twenties
  14. People with disabilities
  15. Sailors
  16. Sex workers
  17. Sexual minorities
  18. Stevedores
  19. Marseille (France) > Fiction
  20. France > Marseille
Genre/Form
  1. Fiction.
  2. Novels.
Contents
  1. Romance in Marseille: First Part ; Second Part ; Third Part.
Call number
  1. Sc C 21-43
Note
  1. Place of publication taken from publisher's website.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references.
Author
  1. McKay, Claude, 1890-1948, author.
Title
  1. Romance in Marseille / Claude McKay ; edited and with an introduction by Gary Holcomb and William J. Maxwell.
Publisher
  1. [New York, New York] : Penguin Books, [2020]
Copyright date
  1. ©2020
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Series
  1. Penguin classics
  2. Penguin classics.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references.
Local note
  1. ED: OHIO U. PREV. UNPUBL. NOVEL SET IN FRANCE W/ RACIAL & LGBTQ THEMES BY JAMAICAN AMERICAN AUTHOR.
Local subject
  1. Black author.
Added author
  1. Holcomb, Gary Edward, editor, writer of introduction.
  2. Maxwell, William J. (College teacher), editor, writer of introduction.
LCCN
  1. 2019025262
ISBN
  1. 9780143134220 trade paperback
  2. 0143134221 trade paperback
Research call number
  1. Sc C 21-43
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