Angry and humiliated when his sharecropper father is jailed for stealing food for his family, a young black boy grows in courage and understanding by learning to read and through his relationship with his devoted dog Sounder.
Presents five stories about the lives of African Americans in the deep South during the early twentieth century, and includes an autobiographical essay in which Richard Wright discusses his education in the laws of Jim Crow.
A collection of three short novels by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, including "Leaf Storm," "No One Writes to the Colonel," and "Chronicle of a Death Foretold.".
Presents an analysis of the Reconstruction era, looking at how Americans on both sides of the Civil War dealt with the changes caused by the conflict and the end of slavery in the years between 1863 and 1877.
A 1962 novel which offers a commentary on the human condition and the possibility of the good society through the story of Will Farnaby, a British journalist who is shipwrecked on Pala, an island community inhabited by a company of exiles who are dedicated to the contemplative life.
(American hunger) : a record of childhood and youth
Wright, Richard
1998
The autobiography of an African-American writer, recounting his early years and the harrowing experiences he encountered drifting from Natchez to Chicago to Brooklyn.
