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Black Boy is a classic of American autobiography, a subtly crafted narrative of Richard Wright's journey from innocence to experience in the Jim Crow South. An enduring story of one young man's coming of age during a particular time and place, Black Boy remains a seminal text in our history about what it means to be a man, black, and Southern in America.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and prestige.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- warmbleak
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About the book
- Author
- Richard Wright
- First published
- February 1, 2005
- Pages
- 290
- Publisher
- World Publishing Co., Harper & Brothers, Vintage
- Editions
- 64
- Language
- English, French, und
- ISBN
- 9783125352438
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“One winter morning in the long-ago, four-year-old days of my life I found myself standing before a fireplace, warming my hands over a mound of glowing coals, listening to the wind whistle past the house outside.”
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