Title:
Native son / Richard Wright ; with an introduction by Arnold Rampersad.
Author:
Wright, Richard, 1908-1960, author.
Publication Information:
New York : Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2005.
©1993
Call Number:
PS3545.R815 N25 2005
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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Electronic Access:
Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/hc044/98028838.htmlPublisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hc044/98028838.html
Edition:
First Perennial Classics edition.
ISBN:
9780060837563
9780061148507
9781435293403
9780756964412
9781417686087
9780061366314
Series:
Harper Perennial modern classics
Harper Perennial modern classics.
Physical Description:
xxii, 504, 16 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
General Note:
"The restored text, established by the Library of America."
Originally published in 1940 by Harper & Brothers ; restored edition copyright ©1993 by Ellen Wright.
Some releases bound by Paw Prints.
ALA banned and challenged classics.
Contents:
Introduction / Arnold Rampersad -- Book 1 -- Book 2 -- Book 3 -- How "Bigger" was born -- Chronology -- Notes on the texts -- Notes.
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