Native son
by Wright, Richard
Edition statement:1st Perennial Classics ed. Published by : Harper Perennial Modern Classics (New York ) Physical details: xxii, 504, 16 p. 21 cm. ISBN:006083756X (reissue (pbk.); 9780060837563 (reissue (pbk.).| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for jail. It could have been for assault or petty larceny; by chance, it was for murder and rape. Native Son tells the story of this young black man caught in a downward spiral after he kills a young white woman in a brief moment of panic. Set in Chicago in the 1930s, Richard Wright's novel is just as powerful today as when it was written -- in its reflection of poverty and hopelessness, and what it means to be black in America.
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