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Title: Eight Men : Short Stories by Richard A. Wright ISBN: 0-06-097681-0 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 09 October, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent work
Comment: Richard Wright is well known as the author of classic American books like "Native Son", but this was my first sample of his short story work. Eight Men is a collection of short stories about Black men in very different and unusual situations, but all of the stories involve their struggles in life.
"The Man Who Lived Underground" was the story that struck me the most. The elements of this story took a considerable amount of time to analyze back when I was a freshman in college. It is the story of Fred Daniels, a black man, wrongly accused of murder, who escapes to the sewer and there realizes the harsh realities of his existence. More happens in that sewer than you probably imagine. It is the longest of all of the stories.
"The Man of All Work" is the story that had the most humor in it. "Eight Men" is a collection of fairly sad stories that detail the oppressive conditions of Black men in the 1930's, and this short story joined with "The Big Black Good Man" as the only ones with noticeable humor to them. The resourcefulness of a Black man in a town where there were no jobs for Black men is the basis of this story.
Our book club found "Eight Men" to be very interesting on a number of levels. The discussion was lively, and everyone had contributions. The meeting ran past the scheduled time, and that is the highest praise that we can give to a book.
Rating: 4
Summary: Superb Reading
Comment: I really enjoyed all the readings in the book. All of the readings were captivating. This book displayed the expertise that Wright displays in all his works.
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Title: Rite of Passage by Richard Wright, David Diaz ISBN: 006447111X Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 31 January, 1996 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Outsider by Richard A. Wright ISBN: 0060539259 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 29 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Uncle Tom's Children by Richard A. Wright ISBN: 0060812516 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 14 April, 1993 List Price(USD): $7.00 |
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Title: The Long Dream (Northeastern Library of Black Literature) by Richard Wright, Keneth Kinnamon ISBN: 1555534236 Publisher: Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies Pub. Date: May, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Lawd Today! (The Northeastern Library of Black Literature) by Richard Wright, Arnold Rampersad ISBN: 1555531598 Publisher: Northeastern University Press Pub. Date: July, 1993 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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