Native Son

Discover Richard Wright's brutal and gripping masterpiece.'The most important and celebrated novel of Negro life to have appeared in America' James BaldwinGripping and furious, Native Son follows Bigger Thomas, a young black man who is trapped in a life of poverty in the slums of Chicago. Unwittingly involved in a wealthy woman's death, he is hunted relentlessly, baited by prejudiced officials, charged with murder and driven to acknowledge a strange pride in his crime.Native Son shocked readers on its first publication in 1940 and went on to make Richard Wright the first bestselling black writer in America. This new reissue, published on the 80th anniversary of the book, reintroduces the drama and power of Wright's writing.WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION

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[Native Son] possesses an artistry, penetration of thought, and sheer emotional power that places it into the front rank of American fiction

Product details

• Authors: Richard Wright
• Assisted by: Caryl Phillips (Introduction)
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.10.2020
• EAN: 9781784876128
• ISBN: 978-1-78487-612-8
• No. of pages: 480
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Chicago, FICTION / Historical / General, FICTION / Literary, 20th Century, Illinois, Narrative theme: Social issues, Social discrimination & inequality, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, Relating to African American people, Social discrimination and equal treatment, FICTION / Urban & Street Lit, FICTION / African American & Black / Urban & Street Lit, Black & Asian Studies, Poverty and precarity, Relating to African American / Black American people