Les Paradis des Negres [Nigger Heaven]

Book Description

Paris: Simon Kra. (1927). First. First French edition. Translated by J. Sabouraud. Preface by Paul Morand. Orange printed wrappers. Some erosion to the paper on the spine, front wrap loose, a sound, fair copy. One of 200 numbered copies on velin. A novel about a young couple in Harlem, set amid the cabarets and soirees of the Harlem Renaissance, which has been controversial since it was published because of its title. However, Van Vechten, who was white, was tireless in his support of African-American artists and writers even after the glamour of the Renaissance, which had drawn so many white intellectuals to Harlem, had waned. .

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