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“Anything seemed possible, likely, feasible, because I wanted everything to be possible... Because I had no power to make things happen outside of me in the objective world, I made things happen within. Because my environment was bare and bleak, I endowed it with unlimited potentialities, redeemed it for the sake of my own hungry and cloudy yearning.”

Quote by Richard Wright

Book:Works: Later works: Black boy (American hunger) ; The outsider
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Works: Later works: Black boy (American hunger) ; The outsider

This compilation features 'Black Boy', a novel exploring themes of racial identity and the African American experience, and 'The Outsider', a novella delving into the psychological and social complexities of its protagonist. more

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Richard Wright
Richard Wright

Richard Wright (September 4, 1908 - November 28, 1960) was an influential American author whose works profoundly exposed racial discrimination and social injustice, leaving a lasting impact on American literature. more

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