Wright, Richard <br/><br/>
Native son  
Richard Wright ; with an introduction by Arnold Rampersad. 
 - 1st Perennial Classics ed. 
 - New York   Harper Perennial Modern Classics  2005 
 - xxii, 504, 16 p.   21 cm. 
<br/><br/> "The restored text, established by the Library of America." 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>006083756X (reissue (pbk.) 9780060837563 (reissue (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Thomas, Bigger (Fictitious character)<br/>African American men<br/>Death row inmates<br/>Trials (Murder)<br/>Murderers
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Chicago (Ill.)
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>Wri   2