Title:
Native son / Richard Wright ; with an introduction by Arnold Rampersad.
ISBN:
9780060837563
9780061148507
9780060929800
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Edition:
First Perennial Classics edition.
Publication Information:
New York : HarperPerennial, 1998.
Physical Description:
xxii, 504 pages ; 21 cm.
General Note:
"The restored text established by the Library of America."
Originally published in 1940.
Some copies include the essay "How Bigger was born" by the author and the section "P.S. Insights, interviews and more... " with information about the author, the book, and other books by Richard Wright.
Summary:
Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for jail. It could have been for assault or petty larceny; by chance, it was for murder and rape. Native Son tells the story of this young Black man caught in a downward spiral after he kills a young white woman in a brief moment of panic. Set in Chicago in the 1930s, Richard Wright's powerful novel is an unsparing reflection on the poverty and feelings of hopelessness experienced by people in inner cities across the country and of what it means to be Black in America. -- Adapted from front cover flap.
Program Information:
Reading Counts RC High School 9 31 Quiz: 20079 Guided reading level: NR.
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Audience:
700L Lexile
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OCLC Number:
ocm39307514
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