A Long Way from Home

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A Long Way from Home is Claude McKay’s 1937 autobiographical work recounting his life as a Jamaican-born writer and activist navigating race, politics, and exile in the early 20th century.

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instanceOf autobiography ⓘ
nonfiction book ⓘ
author Claude McKay ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
depictsTimePeriod early 20th century ⓘ
describes Black intellectual life in the early 20th century ⓘ
Claude McKay’s experiences with racism ⓘ
Claude McKay’s political evolution ⓘ
Claude McKay’s travels abroad ⓘ
leftist political circles ⓘ
genre autobiography ⓘ
political memoir ⓘ
travel writing ⓘ
hasNarrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
hasTheme colonialism and its legacies ⓘ
migration ⓘ
political disillusionment ⓘ
racial identity ⓘ
search for belonging ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Harlem Renaissance ⓘ
mainSubject Claude McKay ⓘ
Harlem Renaissance ⓘ
Jamaican diaspora ⓘ
communism ⓘ
exile ⓘ
politics ⓘ
race relations ⓘ
notableFor account of a Black Caribbean writer in global leftist movements ⓘ
critique of racism in the United States and Europe ⓘ
insider view of the Harlem Renaissance ⓘ
partOfAuthor’sOeuvre Claude McKay bibliography ⓘ
publicationYear 1937 ⓘ
relatedWork Banana Bottom ⓘ
Banjo ⓘ
Home to Harlem ⓘ
setting Europe ⓘ
Harlem, New York City ⓘ
linked to: Harlem

Jamaica ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
United States ⓘ

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Claude McKay → notableWork → A Long Way from Home ⓘ
A Long Way from Home → title → A Long Way from Home ⓘ
A Lucky Life Interrupted → relatedWork → A Long Way from Home ⓘ