It went on to make Richard Wright the first bestselling black writer in America. In Book One, he takes a job working as a chauffeur for a wealthy white family. Hunted by citizen and police alike, and baited by prejudiced officials, Bigger finds himself the cause célèbre in an ever-narrowing endgame.įirst published in 1940, Native Son shocked readers with its candid depiction of violence and confrontation of racial stereotypes. Its a tough book because Bigger Thomas is hard to forgive and impossible to like. But a job with the affluent Dalton family provides the setting for a catastrophic collision between his world and theirs. Reckless, angry and adrift, Bigger Thomas has grown up trapped in a life of poverty in the slums of Chicago. ' possesses an artistry, penetration of thought, and sheer emotional power that places it into the front rank of American fiction' Ralph Ellison Reissued to mark the 80th anniversary of Native Son's publication - discover Richard Wright's brutal and gripping masterpiece this black history month. NATIVE SON is among the first American works of fiction to portray an existential hero in the process of self-transcendence, and is one of the last novels of.
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