Thurman's satirical novel offers a penetrating look at the Harlem renaissance as well as the world and lives of black artists and pseudo-artists during the 1920s.

A young girl's dark black complexion is a source of humiliation to the lighter-skinned members of her social climbing family

Product Description: This book is the definitive collection of the writings of Wallace Thurman (1902-1934), providing a comprehensive anthology of both the published and unpublished works of this bohemian, bisexual writer. Widely regarded as the enfant terrible of the Harlem Renaissance scene, Thurman was a leader among a group of young artists and intellectuals that included, among others, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Bruce Nugent, Gwendolyn Bennett, and Aaron Douglas...read more

Harlem in the 1920s is a hopping scene when Stephen Jorgenson arrives from Canada and is taken uptown, where he embraces his new environment but is balanced by the artist Paul, who is cynical about himself and his people. Reprint. 12,500 first printing.

A young girl's dark black complexion is a source of humiliation to the mulatto members of her social climbing family