Black Boy

Resumen del libro

Richard Wright grew up in the woods of Mississippi, with poverty, hunger, fear, and hatred. He lied, stole, and raged at those around him; at six he was a "drunkard," hanging about taverns. Surly, brutal, cold, suspicious, and self-pitying, he was surrounded on one side by whites who were either indifferent to him, pitying, or cruel, and on the other by blacks who resented anyone trying to rise above the common lot.

Black Boy is Richard Wright's powerful account of his journey from innocence to experience in the Jim Crow South. It is at once an unashamed confession and a profound indictment a poignant and disturbing record of social injustice and human suffering.

Biografía del autor

Richard Wright (1908-1960) nació en Misisipi, donde conoció desde pequeño la violencia de la segregación racial. Su debut, "Hijo de esta tierra", en 1940, nace del deseo de retratar con honestidad la única forma de vida que su país natal le había permitido conocer íntimamente, es decir, la vida de los guetos negros estadounidenses, y encuentra un inesperado éxito, convirtiéndole en el primer gran novelista afroamericano.