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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- “Terrific trade paperback. Photo is actual copy.”
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Original Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780061130243
- Book Title
- Black Boy
- Book Series
- P. S. Ser.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Item Length
- 8 in
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Genre
- Literary Criticism, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
- Topic
- American / African American, Discrimination & Race Relations, Personal Memoirs
- Item Weight
- 11.9 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.3 in
- Number of Pages
- 448 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0061130249
ISBN-13
9780061130243
eBay Product ID (ePID)
52638970
Product Key Features
Book Title
Black Boy
Number of Pages
448 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2007
Topic
American / African American, Discrimination & Race Relations, Personal Memoirs
Genre
Literary Criticism, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
Book Series
P. S. Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
11.9 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
A visceral and unforgettable account of a young black man's coming of age in the American south in the bitter decades before the civil rights movement., Superb.... A great American writer speaks with his own voice about matters that still resonate at the center of our lives., In this poignant and disturbing book one of the most gifted of America's younger writers turns from fiction to tell the story of his own life during the nineteen years he lived in the South., Superb....A great American writer speaks with his own voice about matters that still resonate at the center of our lives.
Afterword by
Wright, Malcolm
Dewey Decimal
813.5/2
Synopsis
Richard Wright's powerful account of his journey from innocence to experience in the Jim Crow South. It is at once an unashamed confession and a profound indictment--a poignant and disturbing record of social injustice and human suffering. When Black Boy exploded onto the literary scene in 1945, it caused a sensation. Orville Prescott of the New York Times wrote that "if enough such books are written, if enough millions of people read them maybe, someday, in the fullness of time, there will be a greater understanding and a more true democracy." Opposing forces felt compelled to comment: addressing Congress, Senator Theodore Bilbo of Mississippi argued that the purpose of this book "was to plant seeds of hate and devilment in the minds of every American." From 1975 to 1978, Black Boy was banned in schools throughout the United States for "obscenity" and "instigating hatred between the races." The once controversial, now classic American autobiography measures the brutality and rawness of the Jim Crow South against the sheer desperate will it took to survive. Richard Wright grew up in the woods of Mississippi, with poverty, hunger, fear, and hatred. He lied, stole, and raged at those about him; at six he was a "drunkard," hanging about in taverns. Surly, brutal, cold, suspicious, and self-pitying, he was surrounded on one side by whites who were either indifferent to him, pitying, or cruel, and on the other by blacks who resented anyone trying to rise above the common lot. At the end of Black Boy, Wright sits poised with pencil in hand, determined to "hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo.", Richard Wright's powerful account of his journey from innocence to experience in the Jim Crow South. It is at once an unashamed confession and a profound indictment--a poignant and disturbing record of social injustice and human suffering. When Black Boy exploded onto the literary scene in 1945, it caused a sensation. Orville Prescott of the New York Times wrote that "if enough such books are written, if enough millions of people read them maybe, someday, in the fullness of time, there will be a greater understanding and a more true democracy." Opposing forces felt compelled to comment: addressing Congress, Senator Theodore Bilbo of Mississippi argued that the purpose of this book "was to plant seeds of hate and devilment in the minds of every American." From 1975 to 1978, Black Boy was banned in schools throughout the United States for "obscenity" and "instigating hatred between the races." The once controversial, now classic American autobiography measures the brutality and rawness of the Jim Crow South against the sheer desperate will it took to survive. Richard Wright grew up in the woods of Mississippi, with poverty, hunger, fear, and hatred. He lied, stole, and raged at those about him; at six he was a "drunkard," hanging about in taverns. Surly, brutal, cold, suspicious, and self-pitying, he was surrounded on one side by whites who were either indifferent to him, pitying, or cruel, and on the other by blacks who resented anyone trying to rise above the common lot. At the end of Black Boy , Wright sits poised with pencil in hand, determined to "hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo.", Richard Wright's powerful account of his journey from innocence to experience in the Jim Crow South. It is at once an unashamed confession and a profound indictment--a poignant and disturbing record of social injustice and human suffering. When Black Boy exploded onto the literary scene in 1945, it caused a sensation. Orville Prescott of the New York Times wrote that "if enough such books are written, if enough millions of people read them maybe, someday, in the fullness of time, there will be a greater understanding and a more true democracy." Opposing forces felt compelled to comment: addressing Congress, Senator Theodore Bilbo of Mississippi argued that the purpose of this book "was to plant seeds of hate and devilment in the minds of every American." From 1975 to 1978, Black Boy was banned in schools throughout the United States for "obscenity" and "instigating hatred between the races." The once controversial, now classic American autobiography measures the brutality and rawness of the Jim Crow South against the sheer desperate will it took to survive. Richard Wright grew up in the woods of Mississippi, with poverty, hunger, fear, and hatred. He lied, stole, and raged at those about him; at six he was a "drunkard," hanging about in taverns. Surly, brutal, cold, suspicious, and self-pitying, he was surrounded on one side by whites who were either indifferent to him, pitying, or cruel, and on the other by blacks who resented anyone trying to rise above the common lot. At the end of Black Boy , Wright sits poised with pencil in hand, determined to hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo. -- Guardian
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- 8***k (3787)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseYou will not find a more crude, pathetic seller on eBay than Turn the Page. He bails out of poor service with refunds, then salvages positive feedback. Big deal. I sent 4 messages over two weeks, asking if his book was ex-library as was in his description. He finally spit out a snotty reply. Dumb me, I bought the book anyway and waited 3 weeks. I got no book, no explanation, just a refund. He probably never mailed it out of spite. READ his feedback and you'll see how he treats everyone.Reply from: craigis-0- Feedback replied by seller craigis-0.- Feedback replied by seller craigis-0.You received a refund. That was the point. You were never going to be satisfied so I just saved further hassle for everyone.The Man Who Never Returned : A Novel by Peter Quinn (2010, Hardcover w/DJ) (#276407680227)