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| Author | Claude McKay |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | Penguin Classics |
Publication date | February 4, 2020 |
| Publication place | United States |
Romance in Marseille is a novel by Claude McKay. The novel was published posthumously in 2020, 87 years after it was written, as the original editors considered the novel too transgressive for its time.[1][2] It is McKay's second posthumously published novel in recent years.[3]
It follows the story of Lafala, a black sailor who becomes wealthy after winning a lawsuit against a shipping line for the mistreatment he experiences as a stowaway. The novel is partly based on the real-life experiences of Nelson Simeon Dede, a Nigerian sailor McKay had met in Marseille.[3]
- ^ Holcomb, Gary E. (Winter 2003). "Diaspora Cruises: Queer Black Proletarianism in Claude Mckay's "a Long Way from Home"". Modern Fiction Studies. 49 (4): 714–745. doi:10.1353/mfs.2003.0072. JSTOR 26286794. S2CID 54708556.
- ^ Zax, Talya (5 February 2020). "A Book So Far Ahead of Its Time, It Took 87 Years to Find a Publisher". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ a b Edwards, Brent Hayes (11 February 2020). "A Legless Black Man Comes Into a Windfall in This Biting Satire". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
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