The Unfinished Quest of Richard Wright
The Unfinished Quest of Richard Wright won the Anisfield-Wolf Award on Race Relations. Widely acclaimed for its comprehensive and sensitive picture of one of America's most renowned writers, this first paperback edition contains a new preface and bibliographic essay, updating changes in the author's approach to his subject and discussing works published on Wright since 1973.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Year
- 1993
- ISBN-13
- 9780252062643
- Genre
- Biography & Memoir
- Topics
- Richard Wright's lifeAfrican American literatureRace relations
Awards
- Anisfield-Wolf Book AwardWon(1974)
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