The Outsider

The Outsider
Richard Wright
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Paperback
h198 x 129mm - 512pg
18 Mar 2021 UK
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9781784876975
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From Richard Wright, one of the most powerful, acclaimed, and essential American authors of the twentieth century, comes a compelling story of one man' s attempt to escape his past and start anew in Harlem. ' Powerful as Richard Wright was - is - as a writer, nobody can surpass him in doing certain kinds of writing. . . He is courageous - he was able to look into areas that nobody at that time was willing to look at' Toni Morrison Cross Damon is disenchanted. At odds with society, and with himself, his idealism and sense of alienation have driven him to drink and incessant reflection. But when Cross is mistakenly reported to have died, he is suddenly free to put his ideals to the test - and a reign of terror and destruction ensues. A counterpart to Wright' s 1940 novel, Native Son, The Outsider is Wright' s existential masterpiece. An epic exploration of criminality and oppression its publication established Wright as America' s most daring, and damning writers.
Richard Wright was born near Natchez, Mississippi, in 1908. As a child he lived in Memphis, Tennessee, then in an orphanage, and with various relatives. He left home at fifteen and returned to Memphis for two years to work, and in 1934 went to Chicago, where in 1935 he began to work on the Federal Writers' Project. He published Uncle Tom' s Children in 1938 and was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in the following year. His other titles include his autobiography, Black Boy (1945), and The Outsider (1953). After the war Richard Wright went to live in Paris with his wife and daughters, remaining there until his death in 1960.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781784876975
Published: 18 Mar 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Vintage Classics
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Spine: 31mm
Weight: 404g
Pages: 512

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