Eight Men

**“[Wright’s] landscape was not merely that of the Deep South, or of Chicago, but that of the world, of the human heart.”** — **James Baldwin** In these powerful stories, literary giant Richard Wright probes the landscape of the human heart and soul with deep compassion and biting clarity. Each of the short works in *Eight Men* focuses on a Black man at violent odds with a white world, reflecting Wright’s views about racism in our society and his fascination with what he called the struggle of the individual in America. Wrenching and indelible, these stories will captivate all those who loved *Black Boy* and *Native Son*.

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Richard Wright

P.S. Series

9780061450181

eng

HarperCollins

01-09-2023

Ebook

161

Richard Nathaniel Wright was an African-American author of powerful, sometimes controversial novels, short stories and non-fiction. Much of his literature concerned racial themes. His work helped redefine discussions of race relations in America in the mid-20th century.

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