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Eight Men

by Richard Wright

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Publisher Comments:

"Wright's unrelenting bleak landscape was not merely that of the Deep South, or of Chicago, but that of the world, of the human heart," said James Baldwin, and here, in these powerful stories, Richard Wright takes readers into this landscape one again. Eight Men presents eight stories of black men living at violent odds with the white world around them. As they do in his classic novels, the themes here reflect Wright's views on racism and his fascination with what he called "the struggle of the individual in America."

Synopsis:

Eight Men presents eight stories of black men living at violent odds with the white world around them. As in his classic novels, the themes here reflect Wright's views on racism and his fascination with what he called "the struggle of the individual in America".

About the Author

Richard Wright won international renown for his powerful and visceral depiction of the black experience. He stands today alongside such African-American luminaries as Zora Neale Hurston, James Baldwin, and Toni Morrison, and two of his novels, Native Son and Black Boy, are required reading in high schools and colleges across the nation. He died in 1960.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780060976811
Subtitle:
Short Stories
Introduction:
Gilroy, Paul
Introduction:
Gilroy, Paul
Author:
by Richard A. Wright
Author:
Wright, Richard
Author:
Wright, Richard A.
Author:
Gilroy, Paul
Publisher:
Libri
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Short Stories (single author)
Subject:
American fiction (fictional works by one author)
Subject:
Afro-american men
Subject:
Afro-American men -- Fiction.
Subject:
African American men
Subject:
General Fiction
Edition Description:
1st HarperPerennial ed.
Series Volume:
v. 4
Publication Date:
October 1996
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
272
Dimensions:
7.97x5.29x.63 in. .44 lbs.

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