The Harlem of my books was never meant to be real; I never called it real; I just wanted to take it away from the white man if only in my books.


The Autobiography of Chester Himes: My life of absurdity (ed. 1976)

Chester Himes Quotes

The Harlem of my books was never meant to be real; I never called it real; I just wanted to take it away from the white man if only in my books.

The Harlem of my books was never meant to be real; I never called it real; I just wanted to take it away from the white man if only in my books.

The Harlem of my books was never meant to be real; I never called it real; I just wanted to take it away from the white man if only in my books.

The Harlem of my books was never meant to be real; I never called it real; I just wanted to take it away from the white man if only in my books.