Uncle Tom's children : novellas

Author

Richard Wright

Call Number

• FICTION WRIG (CEN)

Edition

First Harper Perennial Olive edition.

Publication Information

New York, NY : HarperCollins Publishers, 2021.

Physical Description

xxxiv, 309 pages ; 18 cm

Summary

Set in the deep South, each of these powerful novellas concerns an aspect of the lives of black people in the post-slavery era, exploring their resistance to white racism and oppression.

Notes

"Originally published in 1940 by Harper & Brothers ... The text as restored by the Library of America was published in 1991 in a volume entitled Richard Wright : early works ... First HarperPerennial edition published 1993"--Title page verso

Contents

• Introduction to the Perennial Edition
• The ethics of living Jim Crow
• Big Boy leaves home
• Down by the riverside
• Long black song
• Fire and cloud
• Bright and morning star.