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Native Son

Name: Native Son
Author: Richard Wright

1940 novel by Richard Wright

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Also known as The native son

Author: Richard Wright
Released: March 1, 1940
Publisher: Harper
Language: English
Genre: African American literature
, social novel
Awards: 20th Century's Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of Fiction
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Native Son (1940) is a novel written by the American author Richard Wright. It tells the story of Bigger Thomas, a 20-year-old black man living in utter poverty in a poor area on Chicago's South Side in the 1930s. Thomas kills a white woman at a time when racism is at its peak and pays the price for it.

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Narrative location: Chicago
Country of origin: United States
Title: Native Son
Derivative work: Native Son
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Dewey Decimal Classification (works and editions): 813.52
Form of creative work: novel
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