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McKay, Claude (1889-1948) Banana Bottom.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1933.
Stated first edition, octavo; title printed in black and ruled in red; bound in publisher's yellow floral-patterned cloth with the printed spine label, matching floral endpapers (lacking the scarce original jacket; scattered spotting; corners bumped, spine sunned, significant losses to spine label, spotting to edges); 8 x 5 1/4 in.
Claude McKay, one of the first great poets of the Harlem Renaissance, was born in Jamaica and moved to the United States at an early age. Banana Bottom is critically acclaimed as the finest of his few prose works. It tells the story of Binta Plant, a young woman born in Jamaica who receives a Christian education in England before returning to her hometown, Banana Bottom. Her return prompts an identity struggle, as she grapples with reconciling the differing socio-economic structures imposed on her at home and abroad.
