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Early works : Lawd today!, Uncle Tom's children, Native son / Richard Wright.

ISBN: 0940450666
ISBN: 9780940450660
Physical Description: 936 pages ; 21 cm.
Publisher: New York, New York : Library of America, 1991.
Distributor: Distributed in the U.S. and Canada by Viking Press.
Copyright: &copy;1991

Wright, Richard, 1908-1960 (Author).

Summary:

Lawd Today! - Lawd Today is the story of one day in the life of Jake Jackson, detailing his daily routine from dawn into the early hours of the next morning. The story is cyclical, opening and closing in the Jackson apartment with conflict between husband and wife. Jake’s day is periodically interrupted by radio broadcasts celebrating the annual holiday for the birthday of Abraham Lincoln, February 12. Uncle Tom's Choldren - An autobiographical sketch and five short stories by the author, who was born on a Mississippi plantation, which focus on the plight of his people. Native Son - 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 it means to be black in America.