- Mass Market Paperback: 444 pages
- Publisher: GALLIMARD (ÉDITIONS) (Jun 19 1974)
- Language: French
- ISBN-10: 207036965X
- ISBN-13: 978-2070369652
- Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 11 x 2.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 299 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (100 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,493,284 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Richard Wright grew up in the woods of Mississippi amid poverty, hunger, fear, and hatred. He lied, stole, and raged at those around him; at six he was a "drunkard," hanging about in 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.
--This text refers to the Paperback edition.From the Back Cover
- Qu'est-ce qu'il a en lui, papa ? demandai-je. - Un peu de blanc, un peu de rouge et un peu de noir. - Indien, blanc et nègre ? - Oui. - Alors qu'est-ce que je suis ? - Quand tu seras grand, on dira de toi que tu es un homme de couleur, répondit-elle. Ensuite, se tournant vers moi avec un sourire moqueur, elle demanda : - Vous n'y voyez pas d'inconvénient, Mon¬ sieur Wright ?
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One winter morning in the long-ago, four-year-old days of my life I found myself standing before a fireplace, warming my hands over a mound of glowing coals, listening to the wind whistle past the house outside. Read the first page
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Black Boy by Richard Wright,
By AznCityBoy (In the heart of Brooklyn Ny USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Black Boy Classic Ed (Paperback)
Do you like reading about racism and suspense? If you are then Black Boy by Richard Wright is the book for you. Richard Wright describes his life as a Black Boy living in the Jim Crow South. He had to learn how to make a living and support himself after his father left him. His mother also became ill. Richard grew up with poverty, hunger, fear, and hatred. He lied, stole, and lashed out in anger at those around him including his family. He had to killed and tortured animals when he was a six-year-old just to survive. He also drank at bars. He was surrounded on the one side by whites that were either very different on him. In the stories he explain that whites are cruel, while blacks resented anyone who tries to rise above them. I really didn't have any favorite parts because this book didn't seem very interesting, maybe because it has a lot of racism in the book or maybe I don't know the black culture. Towards at the end of the book, Richard and his family keep struggling moving to the North. They had a lot of obstacles moving North. But at the end they finally did it. If you want to know more about Black living in the South during the 1930s, I would recommend this book to you. Black Boy will make you mad, laugh, and make you think what it was like living in the South. But For me, this book wasn't the best book that I ever read.
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This review is from: Black Boy Classic Ed (Paperback)
The first Wrift book I read was the impressive 'Native Son'. I found Black Boy and read it. It's easy to read and gives you a good insight in how black life in the south was in the 1920. Wright's life as for so many has not been easy: no father, a crippled mother, racism abound. But still he finds time to read books and he reads the classics. Especially Babbit was one of his favorites (and one of mine too). Via Memphis he goes to Chicago were he becomes a more famous writer and starts working/writing for the communist party where he has a lot of trouble as an independant thinker.This book gives a great insight into black life. REal events are interspersed with his thinking about race relations. It is also easy to read and won't take a long time to finish. Definitely worth reading!
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Book to Remember,
By A Customer
This review is from: Black Boy Classic Ed (Paperback)
Black Boy, an autobiography written by Richard Wright, describes what many average African American children faced growing up in the Jim Crow South. Wright described the poverty that he, his friends and family lived through and the agony and dangers they had to face day-to-day. Wright also described the unfair treatment from white people that African Americans had to endure and ignore. He also described how white people treated African Americans as slaves. Wright wrote in excruciating detail bringing to the reader what life was truly like in the South and in the U.S. in the early 1900s.I enjoyed reading Black Boy since it gave me insight into how African Americans were really treated in the South. The book really showed me the crisis that America was in over racial segregation. Black Boy also described the despicable acts that white people committed on African Americans for pleasure and entertainment. Richard Wright's actions showed me how a person that is always put down can still strive to be the best. Wright never gave up and kept on dreaming about his goals in life. Wright's book really showed the determination that one can have. His actions in life influenced me to never give up and to keep on trying no matter what someone tells me to do. This was a great book and if one wants to understand what things were like for African Americans in the South in the 1900s, they should read it.
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