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| Book Title | Black Boy: A Record of Childhood and Youth |
| Genre | Classic Literature |
| Author | Richard Wright |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Published | December 31, 1990 |
| Format | Mass Market Paperback |
| Condition | Good |
| Condition Notes | Vintage paperback with noticeable but moderate shelf and reading wear. The cover has rubbing, light scratches, edge and corner wear, and several visible creases, particularly along the right side and lower corner. Some surface discoloration and age-related wear are present. Binding appears intact from the supplied image. Overall, a solid vintage reading copy with an attractive and distinctive 1989 cover. |
| Condition | Good |
Richard Wright recounts his childhood and youth in the Jim Crow South, growing up amid poverty, hunger, family turmoil, violence, and deeply entrenched racial discrimination.
Driven by an intense curiosity and determination to become a writer, Wright struggles against both the restrictions imposed upon him by society and the expectations of those around him. His journey ultimately becomes a powerful story of intellectual independence and the search for freedom.
Originally published in 1945, Black Boy became one of Wright’s most influential works and remains an important American memoir.
EugeneBookStore Summary
A distinctive 1989 vintage paperback edition of Richard Wright’s landmark memoir. This printing is especially recognizable for its striking green-bordered, woodcut-style cover depicting two faces.
The cover itself is interesting from a publishing-history standpoint: research on the various editions of Black Boy specifically identifies this design as the 1989 Perennial cover.
Collector Notes
This is the 1989 HarperCollins mass-market paperback reissue, ISBN 9780060809874. The period cover design makes it a more visually distinctive copy than many later classroom and modern-classics editions. Goodreads and other bibliographic sources identify this ISBN as a 288-page mass-market paperback published in June 1989.
