Black No More (Penguin Classics)

Black No More (Penguin Classics)

The landmark comic satire that asks, â€œWhat would happen if all black people in America turned white?â€

Itâ€™s New Yearâ€™s Day 1933 in New York City, and Max Disher, a young black man, has just found out that a certain Dr. Junius Crookman has discovered a mysterious process that allows people to bleach their skin whiteâ€”a new way to â€œsolve the American race problem.â€ Max leaps at the opportunity, and after a brief stay at the Crookman Sanitarium, he becomes Matthew Fisher, a white man who is able to attain everything he has ever wanted: money, power, good liquor, and the white woman who rejected him when he was black.

Lampooning myths of white supremacy and racial purity and caricaturing prominent African American leaders like W. E. B. Du Bois, Madam C. J. Walker, and Marcus Garvey,Â Black No MoreÂ is a masterwork of speculative fiction and a hilarious satire of Americaâ€™s obsession with race.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,800 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Country USA
Brand Penguin
Manufacturer Penguin Classics
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780143131885
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2018-01-16
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780143131885

Country	USA
Brand	Penguin
Manufacturer	Penguin Classics
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780143131885
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	2018-01-16
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780143131885

Black No More (Penguin Classics)

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