Black Boy by Richard Wright

Black Boy

Richard Wright

448 pages first pub 1945 (editions)

nonfiction biography classics memoir challenging reflective slow-paced
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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 ...

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