Romance in Marseille
About this book
"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
- fiction, african american & black, historical
- fiction, african american, historical
- france, fiction
- gender expression
- harbors
- imperialism
- new york times reviewed
- nineteen twenties
- people with disabilities
- sailors
- sexual minorities
- sex workers
- stevedores