Starting the Conversation: Adult Fiction

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1. Native son

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Author:
Wright, Richard, 1908-1960
Average Rating:
3.8 stars
Formats:
Book, OverDrive eBook
Description:
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, Richard Wright's novel is just as powerful today as when it was written -- in its reflection of poverty and hopelessness, and what...