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,...

"Black Boy" ist eine autobiografische Erzählung von Richard Wright, die sein Aufwachsen im amerikanischen Süden in den frühen 1900er Jahren beschreibt. Das Buch schildert Wrights Kindheit und Jugend in einer von Rassismus und Armut...

"Black Boy" von Richard Wright ist ein autobiografisches Werk, das die Kindheit und Jugend des Autors im Süden der Vereinigten Staaten beschreibt. In dieser gekürzten und vereinfachten Fassung für Lernende wird die Geschichte eines...

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...