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]