02752cam a2200313 4500 531379854 TxAuBib 20210910120000.0 ||||||s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780062971470 0062971476 21f09c60-dc35-4ceb-9077-26f9e943d5bb OverDrive (Reserve ID) 5168250 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Wright, Richard, 1908-1960. The Man Who Lived Underground [Libby]. Caedmon, 2021. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 186MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 186MB. Fiction. African American Fiction. Literature. Short Stories. HTML:<p><strong>"The Man Who Lived Underground reminds us that any 'greatest writers of the 20th century' list that doesn't start and end with Richard Wright is laughable. It might very well be Wright's most brilliantly crafted, and ominously foretelling, book." —Kiese Laymon</strong></p> <p><strong>A major literary event: an explosive, previously unpublished novel about race and violence in America by the legendary author of Native Son and Black Boy</strong></p> <p>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.</p> <p>This is the devastating premise of this scorching novel, a never-before-seen masterpiece by Richard Wright. Written between his landmark books Native Son (1940) and Black Boy (1945), at the height of his creative powers, it would see publication in Wright's lifetime only in drastically condensed and truncated form, and ultimately be included in the posthumous short story collection Eight Men (1961). Now, for the first time, by special arrangement with the author's estate, the full text of the work that meant more to Wright than any other ("I have never written anything in my life that stemmed more from sheer inspiration") is published in the form that he intended, complete with his companion essay, "Memories of My Grandmother." Malcolm Wright, the author's grandson, contributes an afterword.</p>. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. Herisse, Ethan. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=21f09c60-dc35-4ceb-9077-26f9e943d5bb&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=21f09c60-dc35-4ceb-9077-26f9e943d5bb&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)