Native Son (Modern Library #221.1)
$31.50 USD • Used
A Modern Library reprint edition of the seminal 1940 novel by the African-American author Richard Wright, considered a mainstay of American literature. This is the story of the author's uneducated...
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A Modern Library reprint edition of the seminal 1940 novel by the African-American author Richard Wright, considered a mainstay of American literature. This is the story of the author's uneducated Bigger Thomas character, an African-American youth who accidentally kills a white woman. Afterwards, he panics and flees into the streets and rooftops of Chicago. Includes an introduction by Dorothy Canfield Fisher. Volume wrapped in jacket with E. McKnight Kauffer illustration of Bigger on his knees. "Native Son" has been named to the Modern Library list of the 100 greatest novels of the 20th century. --- In Toledano spine 8 / grey cloth / gilt titling on black spine & cover blocks / black topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style h, verso advertises 309 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1946 (though 1940 date appears in book). ML #221.1. --- A well-preserved copy: clean, tightly-bound and unmarked but with mild bumps to lower cover corners. Unclipped dust jacket (95) with chafing to spine ends, light scuffing to extremities but remaining bright, intact and protected in new removable mylar wrapper.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); xi, [3], 394, [8, ads] pages
Product Info
Publisher: The Modern Library / Random House
Year: [c.1946]
Type: Used
Binding: Hardcover
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