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Black Boy is Richard Wright’s unforgettable story of growing up in the Jim Crow South. Published in 1945, it is often considered a fictionalized autobiography or an autobiographical novel because of Wright’s use of fiction techniques (and possibly fictional events) to tell his story. Nevertheless, the book is a lyrical and skillfully wrought description of Wright’s hungry youth in rural Mississippi and Memphis, told from the perspective of the adult Wright, who was still trying to come to grips with the cruel deprivations and humiliations of his childhood."
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Black Boy, Richard Wright
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- Released
- 1993
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- Title
- Black Boy
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Richard Wright
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Released
- 1993
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0060812508
- ISBN13
- 9780060812508
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, True Stories, Biographies, Social Issues, Coming Of Age, History of Everyday Life, African American Literature
- Rating
- 4.1 out of 5
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- Black Boy is Richard Wright’s unforgettable story of growing up in the Jim Crow South. Published in 1945, it is often considered a fictionalized autobiography or an autobiographical novel because of Wright’s use of fiction techniques (and possibly fictional events) to tell his story. Nevertheless, the book is a lyrical and skillfully wrought description of Wright’s hungry youth in rural Mississippi and Memphis, told from the perspective of the adult Wright, who was still trying to come to grips with the cruel deprivations and humiliations of his childhood."