5/30/2023 0 Comments Native son by richard wright![]() ![]() ![]() It's not often that I have so many ups and downs with a read- generally, if I like or dislike a book for the first, say, 25%, that is not likely to change in the remaining 75%. I went on quite the journey with this book. How can law contradict the lives of millions of people and hope to be administered successfully? I think Native Son is one of the most powerful and important American books ever written. You can't read this story from a distance. That makes the way the man is treated thereafter so incredibly present and real. ![]() This book dares to tell the story of a young black man who, in a moment of panic, commits a horrible act. There have been many profound and moving stories, both true and fictionalized, of young black men wrongfully accused of crimes. Those who have studied the Harlem Renaissance know that Richard Wright was a passionate, angry man, the writer about whom other African American writers of his era would say, "Well, I'd never write THAT, but I'm glad someone did." Native Son is a brutally frank look at the racial divide of the America of the 1930s, and the relevance to today is positively painful. ![]() Well, here is Larry's two-word review of the book: He explained that he had actually never read it before, which he confessed was really odd, given that the book is an undisputed classic. My older brother Larry, who is extremely well-read, recently came to town for a visit. ![]()
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