![]() Wright’s novel has become a seminal piece of African-American literature, according to Ann Rayson, an associate professor of African-American literature at the University of Hawaii. Although I did not finish the book at that time-my mother caught me and snatched it away-years later, it would become my favorite novel.” “I stumbled upon a copy of it on my mother’s shelf when I was 8 years old. “I didn’t choose ‘Native Son.’ ‘Native Son’ chose me,” Kelley said in an email. Kelley said she decided to adapt the novel because she has loved Wright’s work for many years. Kelley’s adaptation is directed by Seret Scott and deals mostly with the first two parts of the novel. Wright’s novel tells the story of how Thomas has to survive in an already prejudiced world after accidentally killing the daughter of the rich white Dalton family-a family who employs him as a driver. ![]() “Native Son” tells the story of Bigger Thomas, a poor 20-year-old black man living on Chicago’s South Side in the 1930s. Kelley’s stage adaptation of the novel, which will run through Oct. ![]() ![]() ![]() Richard Wright’s classic novel “Native Son” proved to be controversial when it was first published in 1940, and that controversy remains in Nambi E. ![]()
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