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| Genre/Form: | Psychological fiction Fiction |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Wright, Richard, 1908-1960. Native son. New York, London, Harper & Bros., 1940 (OCoLC)654150786 |
| Material Type: | Fiction |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Richard Wright; Herman Finkelstein Collection (Library of Congress) |
| ISBN: | 9780060837563 006083756X |
| OCLC Number: | 606483 |
| Notes: | "First edition." |
| Description: | xi, 359 p. 21 cm. |
| Responsibility: | by Richard Wright. |
Abstract:
Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for jail. It could have been for assault or petty larceny; by chance, it was for murder and rape. Native Son tells the story of this young black man caught in a downward spiral after he kills a young white woman in a brief moment of panic. Set in Chicago in the 1930s, Richard Wright's novel is just as powerful today as when it was written -- in its reflection of poverty and hopelessness, and what it means to be black in America.
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