Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for jail. It could have been for assault or petty larceny; by chance, it was for murder and rape. Native Son tells the story of this young black man caught in a downward spiral after he kills a young white woman in a brief moment of panic. Set in Chicago in the 1930s, Richard Wright's novel is just as powerful today as when it was written -- in its reflection of poverty and hopelessness, and what it means to be black in America.
year: 2005, 2003, 1998, 1968, 1987, 1969, 1940, 1997, 1984, 2012, 1966, 1986
call number/section: 1000
subjects: african american men, fiction, thomas, bigger (fictitious character), thomas, bigger (fictional character), bildungsromans, chicago (ill.), fiction, death row inmates, trials (murder), murderers, homicide, african americans, blacks, fiction, feature films, film adaptations, audiobooks, murder, spanish language, reading materials, readers
Editions
Wright, Richard
HarperPerennial Modern Classics (2005)
Trapped in the poverty-stricken ghetto of Chicago's South Side, a young African-American man finds release only in acts of violence.
Schools: 7
Wright, Richard
Perennial (2003)
Presents the abridged 1940 version of Richard Wright's novel in which a young African-American man trapped in the poverty-stricken ghetto of Chicago's South Side accidentally kills a rich white girl and finds himself on a path to self-destruction.
Schools: 4
Wright, Richard
HarperPerennial (1998)
Trapped in the poverty-stricken ghetto of Chicago's South Side, a young African-American man finds release only in acts of violence.
Schools: 18
Wright, Richard
HarperPerennial (1968)
Trapped in the poverty-stricken ghetto of Chicago's South Side, a young black man finds release only in acts of violence.
Schools: 1
Wright, Richard
Perennial Library (1987)
Trapped in the poverty-stricken ghetto of Chicago's South Side, a young black man finds release only in acts of violence.
Schools: 1
Wright, Richard
Harper & Row (1969)
Schools: 3
Wright, Richard
Harper & brothers (1940)
Schools: 0
Wright, Richard
Buccaneer Books (1997)
Schools: 0
Wright, Richard
Facets Multimedia (1984)
Co-production of the PBS American Playhouse features Victor Love as Bigger Thomas in this adaptation of the Richard Wright landmark novel.
Schools: 0
Wright, Richard
Findaway World (2012)
Trapped in the poverty-stricken ghetto of Chicago's South Side, a young African-American man finds release only in acts of violence.
Schools: 1
Wright, Richard
Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for jail. It could have been for assault or petty larceny; by chance, it was for murder and rape. Native Son tells the story of this young black man caught in a downward spiral after he kills a young white woman in a brief moment of panic. Set in Chicago in the 1930s, Richard Wright's novel is just as powerful today as when it was written -- in its reflection of poverty and hopelessness, and what it means to be black in America.
Schools: 1
Wright, Richard
Harper and Row (1966)
Schools: 0
Wright, Richard
Harper and Row (1966)
Schools: 0
Wright, Richard
Harper & brothers (1940)
Schools: 0
Wright, Richard
Harper & brothers (1940)
Schools: 0
Wright, Richard
Harper & brothers (1940)
Schools: 0
Wright, Richard
Harper & brothers (1940)
Schools: 0
Wright, Richard
Perennial Library (1986)
Schools: 0
Wright, Richard
Harper & Row (1966)
Schools: 0
Wright, Richard
Schools: 1
Wright, Richard
Schools: 0
Wright, Richard
Schools: 1
Wright, Richard
Harper & brothers (1940)
Schools: 1
Wright, Richard
Schools: 1