Cane
Jean Toomer
18 €
Coup de coeur
(Literature), by Sam
An excellent writer from the Harlem Renaissance. One of the great novels talking about Black Lives in the South. But he doesn't stop there, touching on subjects like male dominance and white supremacy. All these difficult subjects are set in an experimental way of writing, mixing prose, poetry and songs. This strange mix almost gives a way of seeing in the chaos and struggle of being mixed at that time.
Jean Toomer's Cane is one of the most significant works to come out of the Harlem Renaissance and is considered to be a masterpiece in American modernist literature due to its distinct structure and style. First published in 1923 and told through a series of vignettes, Cane uses poetry, prose and play-like dialogue to create a window into the varied lives of African Americans living in the rural South and urban North during a time when Jim Crow laws pervaded and racism reigned.
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Binding: Paperback
Publication date: 04 Jul 2019
Dimensions: 129 x 195 x 16 mm
ISBN: 9780143133674
