
Cane
Jean Toomer(Author)
Passerino (Publisher)
Published on 25. September 2025
979-12-239-6766-9 (ISBN)
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A landmark of the Harlem Renaissance, Cane is a haunting mosaic of prose, poetry, and drama that captures the struggles, beauty, and contradictions of African American life in the early twentieth century. Set against the backdrop of the rural South and the urban North, Toomer's modernist masterpiece blends lyrical vignettes with unforgettable portraits of men and women navigating love, labor, race, and identity. Its experimental form and poetic intensity make it not only a groundbreaking work of its era, but also a timeless meditation on the human condition. Praised by critics from its first publication in 1923, Cane remains one of the most innovative and influential works in American literature. Readers are invited to enter a world where memory, song, and story converge to illuminate the soul of a people and a nation in transformation.
"One of the most beautiful and startling books in our literature." - Alice Walker
Jean Toomer (1894-1967) was an American writer, poet, and playwright best known for Cane (1923), a groundbreaking work of the Harlem Renaissance. Born in Washington, D.C., Toomer was of mixed racial heritage and moved fluidly between Black and white communities, an experience that profoundly shaped his art. His writing blends modernist experimentation with themes of race, identity, and spirituality. Though Cane was his only major book of fiction, its influence endures as one of the most innovative and powerful works in American literature.
"One of the most beautiful and startling books in our literature." - Alice Walker
Jean Toomer (1894-1967) was an American writer, poet, and playwright best known for Cane (1923), a groundbreaking work of the Harlem Renaissance. Born in Washington, D.C., Toomer was of mixed racial heritage and moved fluidly between Black and white communities, an experience that profoundly shaped his art. His writing blends modernist experimentation with themes of race, identity, and spirituality. Though Cane was his only major book of fiction, its influence endures as one of the most innovative and powerful works in American literature.
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English
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979-12-239-6766-9 (9791223967669)
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