Author: Richard Wright Year: 1936 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Short Stories, Classic, Historical fiction Culture: African-American
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ISBNs: 9780060587147 9780061450204 0060587148 0061450200 |
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Set in the American Deep South, each of the powerful novellas collected here concerns an aspect of the lives of black people in the postslavery era, exploring their resistance to white racism and oppression. Published in 1938, this was the first book from Wright, who would continue on to worldwide fame as the author of the novels Native Son and Black Boy.
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