The man who lived underground : a novel / Richard Wright ; afterword by Malcolm Wright.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Library of America, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Description: xii, 228 pages ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1598536761
- 9781598536768
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Fiction | WRIGHT, RICHARD | Available | 33111009805900 | ||||
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Adult Book
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Main Library | Fiction | WRIGHT, RICHARD | Available | 33111010505895 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Fred Daniels, a black man, is picked up randomly by the police after a brutal murder in a Chicago neighbourhood and taken to the local precinct where he is tortured until he confesses to a crime he didn't commit. After signing a confession, he escapes from the precinct and takes up residence in the sewers below the streets of Chicago. This is the simple, horrible premise of Richard Wright's scorching novel, The Man Who Lived Underground, a masterpiece that he was unable to publish in his lifetime.
Published for the first time, by special arrangement with the author's estate.
Includes companion essay Memories of My Grandmother.
Prefactory note -- The man who lived underground -- Memories of my grandmother -- Afterword / by Malcolm Wright -- Note on the texts.
"An unpublished novel by the author of Native son" -- jacket.
"Fred Daniels, a Black man, is picked up by the police after a brutal double murder and tortured until he confesses to a crime he did not commit. After signing a confession, he escapes from custody and flees into the city's sewer system."-- Provided by publisher.