Black Boy (The Restored Text Established by The Library of America)

Wright, Richard

ISBN 10: 0060929782 / ISBN 13: 9780060929787

Published by Perennial, 1998

About this Item

A well-loved companion. Corners and cover might show a little wear, and you could find some notes or highlights. The dust jacket might be MIA, it might have been a library book and extras aren't guaranteedâ but the story's all there!

Seller Inventory # PKV.0060929782.G

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Black Boy (The Restored Text Established by The Library of America)
• Publisher: Perennial
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060929782
• ISBN 13: 9780060929787
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

About this title

Synopsis

In an eloquent and candid memoir, Richard Wright records his struggle against self-pity, social injustice, and ingrained racism as he grew to manhood in the Jim Crow South. Reprint.

About the Author

Richard Wright won international renown for his powerful and visceral depiction of the black experience. He stands today alongside such African-American luminaries as Zora Neale Hurston, James Baldwin, and Toni Morrison, and two of his novels, Native Son and Black Boy, are required reading in high schools and colleges across the nation. He died in 1960.