Romance in Marseille

by Claude McKay, William J. Maxwell, Gary Edward Holcomb

Description

"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"--

Subjects

American literature Fiction, african american, historical France, fiction New York Times reviewed Fiction, african american & black, historical Sailors Fiction Stevedores Imperialism Harbors Sex workers Sexual minorities

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