Native Son

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Bigger Thomas refuses to accept, like his mother or his girlfriend, the panaceas of religion or whisky. Unwittingly involved in a wealthy woman’s death, he is hunted relentlessly. He only finally realises his individuality by facing his death.

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Bigger Thomas has grown up in Chicago’s slums, reckless, angry and adrift.

A respectable job with the affluent Dalton family provides hope but sets him on course for a catastrophic collision between his world and theirs. Hunted by citizen and police alike, and baited by prejudiced officials, Bigger finds himself the cause célèbre in an ever-narrowing endgame.

First published in 1940, Native Son shocked readers with its candid depiction of violence and confrontation of racial stereotypes. It went on to make Richard Wright the first bestselling black writer in America.

‘In addition to being a masterpiece, a Great American Novel’ Guardian

‘The most important and celebrated novel of Negro life to have appeared in America’ James Baldwin

WITH AN AFTERWORD BY GARY YOUNGE

Weight 0.335 kg
Dimensions 19.7 × 13 × 3 cm
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Cover

Paperback
Pages

480
Language

English
Edition

Reprint
Dewey

813.52 (edition:23)
Readership

General – Trade / Code: K