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  • Native Son

    by Richard Wright ...
    One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels“If one had to identify the single most influential shaping force in modern Black literary history, one would probably have to point to Wright and the publication of Native Son.” —Henry Louis Gates Jr.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 ... Read more

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  • Black Boy

    Enriched edition. A Journey of Resilience and Truth: A Deep Dive into Race, Identity, and Injustice in the Jim Crow South

    by Richard Wright, Julian Elliott ...
    In "Black Boy," Richard Wright offers a poignant and unflinching memoir of his childhood and early adulthood in the racially charged environment of the Jim Crow South. Written in a stark, evocative prose style that combines lyrical narrative with raw realism, the work captures the complexities of identity and survival under oppressive societal norms. Wright's exploration of hunger'—both physical ... Read more

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  • Native Son

    A Novel

    by Richard Wright ...
    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, Wright's powerful novel is an unsparing reflection on the poverty and feelings ... Read more

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  • Black Boy

    by Richard Wright ...
    In "Black Boy," Richard Wright compellingly chronicles his tumultuous journey from a childhood steeped in poverty in the Jim Crow South to a fierce assertion of self-identity and personal agency. The narrative, marked by vivid imagery and incisive social commentary, exposes the harsh realities of racial discrimination and the struggle for dignity. As a seminal work in African American literature, ... Read more

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  • At last I succeed

    Sophia triumph live on

    by Richard Wright ...
    Introduction:In the pages of "At Last, I Succeed," a captivating novel unfolds, weaving a tale of resilience, triumph, and the unyielding pursuit of success. Set against a backdrop of adversity and hardship, this story follows the remarkable journey of Sophia, a young woman who defies the odds and emerges as a beacon of hope in a world filled with challenges.The narrative begins with a glimmer of ... Read more

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  • The Flesh Remembers

    by Richard Wright ...
    Series Book 1 - The Lomax Chronicles
    What the soul would forget, the flesh remembers.When hack reporter Dexter Lomax investigates a series of mysterious craters forming across Northeast England, he expects to convert a well-planned hoax into international news for the weak-minded.What he doesn’t expect is for suicidal beggars to thrust weirdly compelling video tapes into his hands, to be targeted by two opposing groups with deadly ... Read more

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  • The Man Who Lived Underground

    A Novel

    by Richard Wright ...
    New York Times Bestseller • One of the Best Books of the Year: Time magazine, Chicago Tribune, Boston Globe, and Esquire • One of Oprah’s 15 Favorite Books of the YearFrom the legendary author of Native Son and Black Boy, the novel he was unable to publish during his lifetime—an explosive story of racism, injustice, brutality, and survival. "Not just Wright's ma... ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Black Boy

    A Memoir

    by Richard Wright ...
    A controversial, celebrated, and classic text of American autobiography, Black Boy is a subtly crafted narrative of Richard Wright's journey from innocence to experience in the Jim Crow South. Enduring poverty, hunger, fear, abuse, and hatred while growing up in Mississippi, Wright was desperate for a different way of life and headed north, eventually coming to Chicago, where he forged a new path ... Read more

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  • The Triangle of Death

    by Richard Fassam-Wright ...
    Three newly recruited police constables, each with different motivations and backgrounds, embark on a three-year tour of duty in Palestine in the mid-1930s, as the British colonial authorities struggle to contain an uprising by the local Arab population. Sam, a young man seeking adventure, Spud, a freewheeling Eastender, and Jack, with a background in higher education and the arts, are thrown ... Read more

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  • Cuckoo

    by Richard Wright ...
    The fight to survive is all in the mind.There is nothing exceptional about Greg Summers, until the day he returns home to discover that his wife no longer recognises him and is married to a stranger using his name.Perhaps it is an elaborate hoax, yet that wouldn’t explain his vivid flashbacks to childhood, or the violent eruptions of blood that accompany them. Nor does it explain the stray ... Read more

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  • Savage Holiday

    by Richard Wright ...
    Savage Holiday, first published in 1954 by noted American author Richard Wright, is a tense, well-written psychological thriller about Erskine Fowler, an insurance executive forced into early retirement, who, over the course of a bizarre weekend, is responsible for the accidental death of his neighbor's young son. Tragic consequences follow as Fowler attempts to redeem himself and is forced to ... Read more

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  • Black Boy [Seventy-fifth Anniversary Edition]

    by Richard Wright, Malcolm Wright ...
    A special 75th anniversary edition of Richard Wright's powerful and unforgettable memoir, with a new foreword by John Edgar Wideman and an afterword by Malcolm Wright, the author’s grandson.When it exploded onto the literary scene in 1945, Black Boy was both praised and condemned. Orville Prescott of the New York Times wrote that “if enough such books are written, if enough millions of people read ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD