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The 1940 novel *The Big Sea* follows Langston Hughes’s formative years, portraying his life in Harlem as a burgeoning poet within the Harlem Renaissance and his time in Paris where he worked as a cook and waiter in nightclubs. The narrative captures the cultural vibrancy of the 1920s and Hughes’s personal growth within that historic milieu.
First publish date: 1940
Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Autobiography
Authors: Langston Hughes
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