tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post3659214745687434216..comments2024-03-27T18:28:32.102-07:00Comments on Rose City Reader: Review of the Day: Black Boy (American Hunger)Gilion at Rose City Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18080293172467000794noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-2716094158176534152009-06-29T08:03:33.630-07:002009-06-29T08:03:33.630-07:00Thanks for all the comments. I've been mulling...Thanks for all the comments. I've been mulling over this book ever since I finished it and posted my review. It really got into my brain.<br /><br />Native Son is very good. Black Boy shares the same realist style and is excellent, even though you can anticipate that his childhood is going to be bleak. (Although the Seventh Day Adventist stuff was unexpected.)<br /><br />But the American Gilion at Rose City Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18080293172467000794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-68523869994609378232009-06-28T08:50:13.907-07:002009-06-28T08:50:13.907-07:00Nice Review...looks like an interesting book!Nice Review...looks like an interesting book!Letters on Pageshttp://www.lettersonpages.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-22173813524905356102009-06-28T05:48:22.840-07:002009-06-28T05:48:22.840-07:00"in the dustbin of literary history." Wh..."in the dustbin of literary history." What a great way to say "don't bother."<br /><br />I read Black Boy when I was in school. I should find Native Son.Rebecca Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06062252252301802298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-8895321401977242372009-06-27T18:18:39.449-07:002009-06-27T18:18:39.449-07:00I haven't read it in a LONG time, but Wright w...I haven't read it in a LONG time, but Wright was one of several notable writers -- Stephen Spender, Ignazio Silone, Andre Gide and Arthur Koestler were others -- who wrote essays about how they became disillusioned with communism in a book called "The God That Failed," published in 1949. So by the time "American Hunger" was published, Wright had long since repudiated what Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13765688465211717384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-56847071406239944222009-06-27T17:07:31.523-07:002009-06-27T17:07:31.523-07:00Interesting. I haven't read "Native Son&q...Interesting. I haven't read "Native Son" yet but I'd like to. And obviously I'd now like to read "Black Boy", as it sounds very interesting. You're right that there seems to be a lot less literary value to "American Hunger", but I'm curious to see what Wright writes about his Communist views (if anything). I've encountered so few purely Meytal Radzinskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15805413335735169073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-83049870790530616572009-06-27T13:07:43.811-07:002009-06-27T13:07:43.811-07:00I had either a first or second edition (not sure w...I had either a first or second edition (not sure which) of Black Boy, and it accidently got tossed in with a donation bag of books. I realized it too late and have been kicking myself ever since. :(J.T. Oldfieldhttp://bibliofreakblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-58215015796287440612009-06-27T09:17:28.946-07:002009-06-27T09:17:28.946-07:00Hmm - it's interesting how different the two h...Hmm - it's interesting how different the two halves of the autobiography are. Thanks for the review.bermudaonionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10726401178972099557noreply@blogger.com