Black Boy - Brossura

Wright, Richard

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ISBN 10: 0061443085 ISBN 13: 9780061443084

Casa editrice: Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2008

Riassunto

"Superb. . . .A great American writer speaks with his own voice about matters that still resonate at the center of our lives." -- New York Times Book Review

Richard Wright grew up in the woods of Mississippi amid poverty, hunger, fear, and hatred. He lied, stole, and raged at those around him; at six he was a "drunkard," hanging about in taverns. Surly, brutal, cold, suspicious, and self-pitying, he was surrounded on one side by whites who were either indifferent to him, pitying, or cruel, and on the other by blacks who resented anyone trying to rise above the common lot.

Black Boy is Richard Wright's powerful account of his journey from innocence to experience in the Jim Crow South. It is at once an unashamed confession and a profound indictment—a poignant and disturbing record of social injustice and human suffering.

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Recensione:

“Superb....A great American writer speaks with his own voice about matters that still resonate at the center of our lives.” (Alfred Kazin, New York Times Book Review on Black Boy)

L'autore:

Richard Wright won international renown for his powerful and visceral depiction of the black experience. He stands today alongside such African-American luminaries as Zora Neale Hurston, James Baldwin, and Toni Morrison, and two of his novels, Native Son and Black Boy, are required reading in high schools and colleges across the nation. He died in 1960.

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• Editore: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0061443085
• ISBN 13: 9780061443084
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 419