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George S. Schuyler

Black No More : Being an Account of the Strange and Wonderful...

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Groundbreaking 1931 Afrofuturistic novel
Explores racial identity transformation
Satirical social commentary classic
Professionally typeset Mint Edition
154 pages of compelling fiction
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George S. Schuylers Afrofuturistic novel Black No More, originally published in 1931, imagines a world where Black Americans have the chance to cross the color line and become white.What would happen if science gave Black Americans the choice to become white? Mirroring The Blacker the Berry, by Wallace Thurman, George S. Schuylers Black No More Being an Account of the Strange and Wonderful Workings of Science in the Land of the Free, AD 19331940, is one of the first Afrofuturistic novels ever published.On New Years Eve, Max Dishers romantic advances are rejected on the basis that he is a Black man. Come New Years Day, the answer to his frustration appears in the form of an announcement about a new scientific procedure called "BlackNoMore." Believing that his life will have much more fortune in white skin, he goes through with the treatmentchanging his name to "Matthew Fisher." The newlymade white Max has to decide what it means to live and breathe on the other side of the color line.Since our inception in 2020, Mint Editions has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh, professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover, all while maintaining the integrity of the original book. With thousands of titles in our collection, we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works, curated from both canonical and...

SKU: M9781513136165
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Binding: Paperback;154 pages; Publisher: Mint Editions; Classification: FA; Weight: 294 g; Dimensions: 126 x 200 x 11

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