Publication

1987 - Serpent's Tail, England

Language

English

Word Count

84,000 words, Guess

Page Count

336 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-101852421266
  • ISBN-139781852421267
  • Goodreads4733576
  • Better World Books9781852421267
  • Open LibraryOL16800545M

Description

<p><em>The Big Sea</em> (1940) is a novel by American poet Langston Hughes. It chronicles Hughes&#8217;s life as a young adult in Harlem and Paris in the 1920s. In Paris, he was a cook and waiter in nightclubs. In Harlem, he was a rising young poet at the center of the Harlem Renaissance.</p> The Big Sea (1940) is a novel by American poet Langston Hughes. It chronicles Hughes's life as a young adult in Harlem and Paris in the 1920s. In Paris, he was a cook and waiter in nightclubs. In Harlem, he was a rising young poet at the center of the Harlem Renaissance.

First Sentence

Melodramatic maybe, it seems to me now.

Excerpt

Melodramatic maybe, it seems to me now.

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