Down by the Riverside
$19.26
- Paperback
96 pages
- Release Date
20 October 2026
Summary
Relish a BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Richard Wright, trailblazing voice of African American literature, in this devastating story of survival, love and betrayal during a Southern flood.
A flood brings not only rising waters but the full force of a brutal, racist world. With the Mississippi flooding, a Black farmer struggles to get his pregnant wife to safety. In the chaos, a single desperate decision sets off a chain of events that cannot be undone.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529986020 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529986028 |
| Author: | Richard Wright |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 96 |
| Release Date: | 20 October 2026 |
| Weight: | 88g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 10mm |
| Series: | Brief Encounters |
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About The Author
Richard Wright
Richard Wright was born near Natchez, Mississippi, in 1908. As a child he lived in Memphis, Tennessee, then in an orphanage, and with various relatives. He left home at fifteen and returned to Memphis for two years to work, and in 1934 went to Chicago, where in 1935 he began to work on the Federal Writers’ Project.
He published Uncle Tom’s Children in 1938 and was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in the following year. His other titles include his autobiography, Black Boy (1945), and The Outsider (1953).
After the war Richard Wright went to live in Paris with his wife and daughters, remaining there until his death in 1960.
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