Native son / by Richard Wright.
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 C...
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Language: | English |
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New York ; London :
Harper & Bros.,
1940.
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Local Note: |
LM copy 1 from the library of Hon. Seymour Howe Person.
MSU: Copy 2 in dust jacket. |
Physical Description: | xi, 359 pages ; 21 cm |
Format: | Book |
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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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Note: | "First edition." |
Call Number: | PS3545.R815 N3 1940 |
ISBN: | 9780060837563 006083756X |