by Richard Wright · ISBN 9789146134206
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«Black Boy» is the autobiography of African American author Richard Wright, published by Norstedts Pocket (223 pages, in Swedish).
Black Boy recounts Richard Wright's childhood and youth in the southern United States during the first decades of the twentieth century. Through his experiences, it exposes the harshness of racism and oppression, and addresses the search for identity, social injustice and the longing for intellectual and personal freedom.
«Black Boy» was originally published in 1945.
Recommended for readers interested in autobiographies and the social and racial history of the United States.
Richard Nathaniel Wright (1908–1960) was an American author of novels, short stories, poems, and non-fiction. Much of his literature concerns racial themes, especially related to the plight of African Americans during the late 19th to mid 20th centuries suffering discrimination and violence. His best known works include the novella collection Uncle Tom's Children (1938), the novel Native Son (1940), and the memoir Black Boy (1945). Literary critics believe his work helped change race relations in the United States in the mid-20th century.
