Eight Men: Classic Short Stories by Richard Wright – Essential African American Literature on Race (Harper Perennial Modern Classics) - Softcover

Richard Wright

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061450189 ISBN 13: 9780061450181

Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2008

Synopsis

“[Wright’s] landscape was not merely that of the Deep South, or of Chicago, but that of the world, of the human heart.” —James Baldwin

In these powerful stories, literary giant Richard Wright probes the landscape of the human heart and soul with deep compassion and biting clarity.

Each of the short works in Eight Men focuses on a Black man at violent odds with a white world, reflecting Wright's views about racism in our society and his fascination with what he called "the struggle of the individual in America." Wrenching and indelible, these stories will captivate all those who loved Black Boy and Native Son.

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About the Author

Born in 1908 near Roxie, Mississippi, Richard Wright won international renown for his powerful and visceral depictions of the Black experience. The author of numerous works, he stands today as one of the greatest American writers of the twentieth century. Black Boy and his novel Native Son are required reading in many high schools and colleges across the nation. Wright died in 1960 in Paris, France. 

 

From the Back Cover

Here, in these powerful stories, Richard Wright takes readers into this landscape once again.

Each of the eight stories in Eight Men focuses on a black man at violent odds with a white world, reflecting Wright's views about racism in our society and his fascination with what he called "the struggle of the individual in America." These poignant, gripping stories will captivate all those who loved Black Boy and Native Son.

Edition details

• Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0061450189
• ISBN 13: 9780061450181
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 242