Capa do artigo Man Who Lived Underground
10% OFF

Man Who Lived Underground eBook

The ‘Gripping’ New York Times Bestseller

by Richard Wright
Book eBook
language: english
Publisher: Random House, June of 2021 ‧
8,99€
10% OFF CARD
IMMEDIATE AVAILABILITY
Ebook for ADE

***AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4''s OPEN BOOK***

The ''propulsive, haunting'' and ''gripping'' (Oprah) rediscovered classic that exposes the dark heart of America for an inncocent Black man on the run from the police

Fred Daniels, a black man, is randomly picked up by the police after a brutal murder in a Chicago suburb. Taken to the local precinct, he is tortured -- until he confesses to a crime he didn''t commit.

But when he sees his chance, Fred Daniels, makes a run for it. With the world now against him, there is only one place left to hide: Underground. Taking residence in the sewers below the streets of Chicago, Fred''s new vantage point takes him on a journey through America''s unjust, and inhumane underbelly.

PRAISE FOR THE MAN WHO LIVED UNDERGROUND

''Propulsive, haunting...gripping'' Oprah Daily
''A tale for today'' New York Times
''Absolutely not to be missed'' BookRiot
''A masterpiece'' Time
''Wright''s most brilliantly crafted, and ominously foretelling, book.'' Kiese Laymon

The Man Who Lived Underground was a New York Times Bestseller on 24/04/2022

Man Who Lived Underground

The ‘Gripping’ New York Times Bestseller

by Richard Wright

Property Description
ISBN: 9781473598935
Publisher: Random House
Release Date: June of 2021
Language: English
Format: eBook
Categories: eBooks in English > Tourist Guides and Maps > North America
EAN: 9781473598935
Acessibilidade: Ver características de acessibilidade indicadas pelo editor

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Richard Wright

Tido por um dos autores afro-americanos mais importantes do século XX, Richard Wright (1908-1960) foi uma figura tutelar para James Baldwin e influenciou escritores como Ralph Ellison e Amiri Baraka. No seu percurso de vida – da infância no Mississípi e nos bairros pobres de Chicago à consagração como intelectual e uma das vozes mais ativas na condenação do racismo nos EUA –, a liberdade e a escrita andaram sempre de mãos dadas. Na sua obra, a representação de figuras violentas aprisionadas pelo sistema racial aliava-se ao desejo de dar voz à raiva contida dos negros, denunciando a sua desumanização. Celebrizou-se com a publicação do romance Native Son (1940), adaptado ao teatro por Orson Welles, de Twelve Million Black Voices (1941), comparado a Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, de James Agee e Walker Evans, e da autobiografia Black Boy (1945). Em 1946, em fuga de uma sociedade abertamente racista que lhe negava a liberdade de ser e de escrever, exilou-se com a família em Paris.

(see more)

BY THE AUTHOR

MORE ABOUT THIS AUTHOR