Native Son, Paperback

Descriere

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, Wright's powerful novel is an unsparing reflection on the poverty and feelings of hopelessness experienced by people in inner cities across the country and of what it means to be black in America.

Despre autor

Richard Wright

romancier și poet american · 1908–1960

Richard Nathaniel Wright a fost un scriitor american de romane, nuvele, poezii și texte de non-ficțiune. O mare parte a operei sale abordează teme rasiale, în special cele legate de soarta afro-americanilor din perioada de la sfârșitul secolului al XIX-lea până la mijlocul secolului al XX-lea, care au suferit discriminare și violență.