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Native Son

by Richard Wright

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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 399 pages
Category
Literature
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Must-Read
Author works
3
Editions known
75
Classification
DDC 813 LCC PS-3545.00000000.R815 Nat20 African AmericanAfrican American menAfrican American men in literatureAfrican americansAfrican americans, fictionAmerican fiction (fictional works by one author)American literatureBigger Thomas
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ISBN 9780061935411 English
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