Black Boy: A Record of Childhood and Youth
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0061130249
ISBN 13
9780061130243
Category
Unknown
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Publication Year
2007
Publisher
Pages
448
Description
Richard Wright grew up in the woods of Mississippi amid poverty, hunger, fear, and hatred. He lied, stole, and raged at those around him; at six he was a "drunkard," hanging about in 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 Boy is Richard Wright's 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. - from Amzon
Number of Copies
1
