Bigger: A Literary Life

by Trudier Harris

A biography of Native Son's Bigger Thomas that examines his continued relevance in debates over Black men and the violence of racism

Bigger Thomas, the central figure in Richard Wright's novel Native Son (1940), eludes easy categorization. A violent and troubled character who rejects the rules of society, Bigger is both victim and perpetrator, damaged by racism and segregation on the South Side of Chicago, seemingly raping...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300269323
• ISBN13: 9780300269321
• Release Date: June 2024
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 200 Pages