by Richard Wright · Harper Perennial Modern Classics · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780061450181
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«Eight Men: Short Stories» is Richard Wright's collection of short stories, published by Harper Perennial Modern Classics in paperback (242 pages, in English).
In 'Eight Men', eight stories follow Black men in violent tension with a white American society. Richard Wright describes their struggle for identity against racism with compassion and uncomfortable clarity. The work dialogues with 'Black Boy' and 'Native Son' and shows his fascination with the conflict between the individual and the country.
The eight stories were originally published in 1961; this edition includes an introduction by Paul Gilroy.
Common reading in American literature courses and a reference work for those interested in 20th-century African American narrative.
Richard Nathaniel Wright (1908–1960) was an American author of novels, short stories, poems, and non-fiction. Much of his literature concerns racial themes, especially related to the plight of African Americans during the late 19th to mid 20th centuries suffering discrimination and violence. His best known works include the novella collection Uncle Tom's Children (1938), the novel Native Son (1940), and the memoir Black Boy (1945). Literary critics believe his work helped change race relations in the United States in the mid-20th century.
