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

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Richard Wright
• Con la collaborazione di: Caryl Phillips (Introduzione)
• Editore: Vintage UK
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.10.2020
• EAN: 9781784876128
• ISBN: 978-1-78487-612-8
• Pagine: 480
• Dimensioni: 130 mm x 200 mm x 32 mm
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; 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