Native Son

Name: Native Son
Author: Richard Wright
ISBN: 9780061935411

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 1940399 pages

813

Category: Literature
Priority: Must-Read
Author works: 3
Editions known: 75

Classification

Dewey (DDC): 813813.52812.52
Library of Congress (LCC): PS3545.R815 Nat20PS3545.R815N25 1987PS3545.R815 Nat16PS3545.R815N26 1993

Subjects

African AmericanAfrican American menAfrican American men in literatureAfrican americansAfrican americans, fictionAmerican fiction (fictional works by one author)American literatureBigger ThomasBigger Thomas (Fictitious character)BildungsromansBlacksCharacters

This edition

ISBN 9780061935411English

DATE DUE

First published1940

StatusREAD

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