Uncle Tom's Children

Richard Wright

Harper Collins, Dec 23, 2003 - Fiction - 301 pages

Set in the American Deep South, each of the powerful novellas collected here concerns an aspect of the lives of black people in the postslavery era, exploring their resistance to white racism and oppression. Published in 1938, this was the first book from Wright, who would continue on to worldwide fame as the author of the novels Native Son and Black Boy.

Contents

• Big Boy Leaves Home: 16
• Down by the Riverside: 62
• Long Black Song: 125
• Fire and Cloud: 157
• Bright and Morning Star: 221
• Chronology: 265
• Note on the Text: 297

About the author

Richard Wright won international renown for his powerful and visceral depiction of the black experience. He stands today alongside such African-American luminaries as Zora Neale Hurston, James Baldwin, and Toni Morrison, and two of his novels, Native Son and Black Boy, are required reading in high schools and colleges across the nation. He died in 1960.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Uncle Tom's Children; Perennial Modern Classics; Perennial classic; The Library of America
• Author: Richard Wright
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Harper Collins, 2003
• ISBN: 0060587148, 9780060587147
• Length: 301 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Literary; Fiction / Short Stories (single author)