Black Boy

English

Series: P. S. Ser.

ISBN: 0061443085

EAN: 9780061443084

Category: Biography & Autobiography / Literary/Social Science / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies/Literary Criticism / American / African American/Biography & Autobiography / Cultural Heritage/Social Science / Customs & Traditions/

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Release Date: 08/04/2008

Synopsis: Richard Wright grew up in the woods of Mississippi, with poverty, hunger, fear, and hatred. He lied, stole, and raged at those around him; at six he was a drunkard, hanging about taverns. Surly, brutal, cold, suspicious, and self-pitying, he was surrounded on one side by whites who were either indifferent to him, pitying, or cruel, and on the other by blacks who resented anyone trying to rise above the common lot. Black Boyis Richard Wrights powerful account of his journey from innocence to experience in the Jim Crow South. It is at once an unashamed confession and a profound indictment-a poignant and disturbing record of social injustice and human suffering.

Black Boy

Illustrated: No

Format: Paperback

Height: 1.19 inches

Width: 5.49 inches

Length: 8.21 inches

Weight: 14.43 oz

Pages: 464