Native SonRichard Wright
Native Son
by Richard Wright
4.09 ratings on Open Library399 pagesFirst published 1940Standalone
Native Son (1940) is a novel written by the American author Richard Wright. It tells the story of 20-year-old Bigger Thomas, a black youth living in utter poverty in a poor area on Chicago's South Side in the 1930s.
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