Richard Wright

Black Boy (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Richard Wright's memoir of his childhood as a young black boy in the American south of the 1920s and 30s is a stark depiction of African-American life and a powerful exploration of racial tension.

'A compelling indictment of life in the Deep South between the wars' Daily Telegraph

At four years old, Richard Wright set fire to his home in a moment of boredom; at five his father deserted the family; by six Richard was - temporarily - an alcoholic. It was in saloons, railroad yards and streets that he learned the facts about life, about fear, hunger and hatred, while his mother's long illness taught him about suffering. In a world of white hostility and subjugation it would be his love of books and pursuit of knowledge that would propel him to follow his dream of justice and opportunity in the north.

A chronicle of coming of age under the racial prejudices of the American south, as much the story of a writer finding his voice, Black Boy remains one of the great, impassioned memoirs of the twentieth century.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Random House
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Februar 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781446468388
• Artikelnr.: 47411840

Autorenporträt

Richard Wright

Rezensionen

"Superb. . . . A great American writer speaks with his own voice about matters that still resonate at the center of our lives." - New York Times Book Review

"A visceral and unforgettable account of a young black man's coming of age in the American south in the bitter decades before the civil rights movement." - Guardian

"In this poignant and disturbing book one of the most gifted of America's younger writers turns from fiction to tell the story of his own life during the nineteen years he lived in the South." - New York Times

"One of the most important literary talents of contemporary America." - New York Times

"The publication of this new edition is not just an editorial innovation. It is a major event in American literary history." - Andrew Delbanco, New Republic