Description du produit

Now available in a new edition. Set in a small town in Mississippi, The Long Dream is a novel rich in characterization and plot that dramatizes Richard Wright's themes of oppression, exploitation, corruption, and flight. It is the story of Fishbelly (called Fish), the son of Tyree Tucker, a prominent black mortician and owner of a brothel whose wealth and power were attained by forging business arrangements with corrupt white police officers and politicians. The riveting narrative centers on the explosive and tragic events that shape and alter the relationship between Fish and his father.

Détails sur le produit

• Rang parmi les ventes Amazon: #977532 dans Livres
• Publié le: 2000-03
• Langue d'origine: Anglais
• Dimensions: 1.14" h x 5.58" l x 8.26" L, 1.07 livres
• Reliure: Broché
• 384 pages

Publisher comments
In the powerful tradition of Native Son, Richard Wright's last novel is a stirring story of racial prejudice in the South. "No honest reader can remain wholly unmoved."--Time

About the author
Richard Wright (1908-1960) was born on a plantation in Roxie, Mississippi. He lived in the South until 1927, when he moved to Chicago. He later resided in New York City, and died in Paris as an expatriate. Among his many works are Native Son, Black Boy, The Outsider, Savage Holiday, and Lawd Today! Keneth Kinnamon is Ethel Pumphrey Stephens Professor of English at the University of Arkansas and book review editor of the African American Review. He lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Richard Yarborough, editor of the Northeastern Library of Black Literature, is Associate Professor of English and Director of the Center for African American Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.