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...

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...

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...

In seiner Autobiografie berichtet Richard Wright von seiner Jugend, die geprägt war von Diskriminierung und Gewalt. Die Autobiografie schlechthin zum Thema Rassendiskriminierung. von Wright, Richard

How to go on in a world where everything is set against you? With hope? In fear? Or, in violent struggle? In this gripping and disturbing book, Richard Wright weaves his own childhood recollections with those of Bigger Thomas - a young...

Native Son von Wright, Richard

"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.Right from the start, Bigger Thomas...

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY GARY YOUNGE'The most important and celebrated novel of Negro life to have appeared in America' James BaldwinReckless, angry and adrift, Bigger Thomas has grown up trapped in a life of poverty in the slums of...

The haiku of acclaimed novelist Richard Wright, written at the end of his life. von Wright, Richard

"I found these stories both heartening. . . and terrifying as the expression of a racial hatred that has never ceased to grow and gets no chance to die." ?Malcolm Cowley, The New RepublicRichard Wright's powerful collection of novellas...

***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 policeFred Daniels, a black man, is...

"Black Boy" von Richard Wright ist eine autobiografische Erzählung, die das Aufwachsen des Autors in den amerikanischen Südstaaten während der Jim-Crow-Ära beschreibt. Das Buch schildert Wrights Kindheit und Jugend in einer Gesellschaft,...