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Native Son
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Native Son (1940) is a novel written by the American author Richard Wright. It tells the story of 20-year-old Bigger Thomas, a black youth living in utter poverty in a poor area on Chicago's South Side in the 1930s. Thomas accidentally kills a white woman at a time when racism is at its peak and he pays the price for it.
First published: 1940
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- Literature
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- Must-Read
- Author works
- 3
- Language
- eng
African American menAfrican americansAmerican fiction (fictional works by one author)BildungsromansBlacksclassic literatureCommunismCrimeCrime fictionCriminals
