Black Boy

Informationen zum Autor Richard Wright was born near Natchez, Mississippi, in 1908. As a child he lived in Memphis, Tennessee, then in an orphanage, and with various relatives. He left home at fifteen and returned to Memphis for two years to work, and in 1934 went to Chicago, where in 1935, he began to work on the Federal Writers' Project. He published Uncle Tom's Children in 1938 and was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in the following year. After the Second World War, he went to live in Paris with his wife and daughters, remaining there until his death in 1960. Klappentext The remarkable memoir of Wright's childhood, growing up as a young black boy in the American south of the 1920s and 1930s. An instant classic on its original publication in 1945. 'A compelling indictment of the Deep South between the wars' "Daily Telegraph" Zusammenfassung 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 powerful exploration of racial tension. At four years old, Richard Wright set fire to his home in a moment of boredom;

Product details

• Authors: Richard Wright
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 17.08.2000
• EAN: 9780099285069
• ISBN: 978-0-09-928506-9
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 17 mm
• Series: Vintage Classics; Vintage Classics
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Autobiographien (div.), Wright, Richard, Chicago, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, 20th Century, Illinois, Memoirs, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, Autobiography: historical, political & military, Social discrimination & inequality, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Relating to African American people, Autobiography: historical, political and military, Social discrimination and equal treatment, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Marxism & Communism, US South: East South Central States, Central Southern States