About this book
Native Son (1940) is a novel written by the American author Richard Wright. It tells the story of 20-year-old Bigger Thomas, a black youth living in utter poverty in a poor area on Chicago's South Side in the 1930s.
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Subjects
African American menAfrican americansAmerican fiction (fictional works by one author)BildungsromansBlacksclassic literatureCommunismCrimeCrime fictionCriminalsDeath row inmatesDramafictionLong Now Manual for CivilizationMurderMurderersopen_syllabus_projectpsychological fictionReading Level-Grade 6Reading Level-Grade 7Reading Level-Grade 8Reading Level-Grade 9Reading Level-Grade 10Reading Level-Grade 11