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***AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4's OPEN BOOK*** The 'propulsive, haunting' and 'gripping' ( Oprah ) rediscovered classic that exposes the dark heart of America for an inncocent Black man on the run from the police Fred Daniels, a black man,
"Superb. . . . A great American writer speaks with his own voice about matters that still resonate at the center of our lives."-- New York Times Book Review Celebrating its eightieth anniversary, Richard Wright's eloquent autobiography about
Bigger Thomas has grown up in Chicagos slums, reckless, angry and adrift. A respectable job with the affluent Dalton family provides hope but sets him on course for a catastrophic collision between his world and theirs. Hunted by citizen and police alike,
Richard Wright's memoir of his childhood as a young black boy in the American south of the 1920s and 30s is a stark depiction of African-American life and a powerful exploration of racial tension. A compelling indictment of life in the Deep South betw
'Powerful as [Richard Wright] was - is - as a writer, nobody can surpass him in doing certain kinds of writing... He is courageous - he was able to look into areas that nobody at that time was willing to look at' Toni Morrison Cross Damon is disen
Brought to you by Penguin.Richard Wright's memoir of his childhood as a young black boy in the American south of the 1920s and 30s is a stark depiction of African-American life and a powerful exploration of racial tension.At four years old, Richard Wr
Black Boy is Richard Wrights unforgettable autobiographical story of growing up in the Jim Crow South. Published in 1945, the book is a lyrical and skillful description of Wrights youth in rural Mississippi and Memphis, told from the perspective of the ad
One of The Atlantic s Great American Novels If one had to identify the single most influential shaping force in modern Black literary history, one would probably have to point to Wright and the publication of Native Son. Henry Louis Gates Jr