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Amiable with big teeth : a novel of the love affair between the communists and the poor black sheep of Harlem

Title

Amiable with big teeth : a novel of the love affair between the communists and the poor black sheep of Harlem / Claude McKay ; edited with an introduction by Jean-Christophe Cloutier and Brent Hayes Edwards.

Author

McKay, Claude, 1890-1948

Publication

New York, New York : Penguin Books, [2017]
©2017

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Description

xlv, 302 pages : portrait; 24 cm

Summary

"A monumental literary event: the newly discovered final novel by seminal Harlem Renaissance writer Claude McKay, a rich and multilayered portrayal of life in 1930s Harlem and a historical protest for black freedom. The unexpected discovery in 2009 of a completed manuscript of Claude McKay's final novel was celebrated as one of the most significant literary events in recent years. Building on the already extraordinary legacy of McKay's life and work, this colorful, dramatic novel centers on the efforts by Harlem intelligentsia to organize support for the liberation of fascist-controlled Ethiopia, a crucial but largely forgotten event in American history. At once a penetrating satire of political machinations in Depression-era Harlem and a far-reaching story of global intrigue and romance, Amiable with Big Teeth plunges into the concerns, anxieties, hopes, and dreams of African-Americans at a moment of crisis for the soul of Harlem--and America. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators"--

Series Statement

Penguin classics

Uniform Title

Penguin classics.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Political fiction.
Historical fiction.
Fiction.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Introduction / by Jean-Christophe Cloutier and Brent Hayes Edwards -- Amiable with big teeth. "Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands to God" ; The Peixota home ; The Peixota family ; Professor Koazhy is featured ; The emperor's letter ; The branding of a black fascist ; The tower and the airplane ; Saying it with kisses ; Mrs. Peixota chaperones her daughter ; "All we like sheep have gone astray" ; The emperor's statement ; Alamaya makes his submission ; The merry-go-round ; Peixota's humiliation ; Seraphine leaves home ; A princess of Ethiopia ; A pre-nuptial night ; Seraphine discovers the letter ; Princess Benebe and Gloria Kendal ; Art and race ; "As beautiful as a jewel" ; Alamaya lands a real job ; The leopard dance.

Call Number

Sc E 17-681

ISBN

9780143107316
0143107313

LCCN

2016036985
40026882705

OCLC

959552304

Author

McKay, Claude, 1890-1948, author.

Title

Publisher

New York, New York : Penguin Books, [2017]

Copyright Date

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Penguin classics

Penguin classics.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Local Subject

Black author.

Added Author

Cloutier, Jean-Christophe, editor, writer of introduction.

Edwards, Brent Hayes, editor, writer of introduction.

Other Standard Identifier

40026882705

Research Call Number

Sc E 17-681

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