![]() ![]() ![]() It went on to make Richard Wright the first bestselling black writer in America. Richard Wrights powerful and bestselling masterpiece reflects the poverty and hopelessness of life in the inner city and what it means to be black in. ![]() First published in 1940, Native Son shocked readers with its candid depiction of violence and confrontation of racial stereotypes. ![]() Hunted by citizen and police alike, and baited by prejudiced officials, Bigger finds himself the cause celebre in an ever-narrowing endgame. But a job with the affluent Dalton family provides the setting for a catastrophic collision between his world and theirs. ' possesses an artistry, penetration of thought, and sheer emotional power that places it into the front rank of American fiction' Ralph EllisonReckless, angry and adrift, Bigger Thomas has grown up trapped in a life of poverty in the slums of Chicago. Reissued to mark the 80th anniversary of Native Son's publication - discover Richard Wright's brutal and gripping masterpiece this black history month. ![]()
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