Native son

(the biography of a young American)

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Richard Wright: Native son (1941, Harper)

148 pages

English language

Published July 24, 1941 by Harper.

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Native Son (1940) is a novel written by the American author Richard Wright. It tells the story of 20-year-old Bigger Thomas, a black youth living in utter poverty in a poor area on Chicago's South Side in the 1930s.

Also contained in: Early Works

36 editions

Subjects

  • Drama
  • Murderers
  • Trials (Murder)
  • Thomas Bigger (Fictitious character)
  • African American men
  • African Americans
  • Death row inmates

Places

  • Chicago (Ill.)
  • Illinois
  • Chicago