Richard Wright: The Life and Times by Rowley, Hazel - 2001

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2001 Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Large Octavo. Large 8vo. x (ii), 626 (2) pp, illus. First Edition, 2001. Not Price Clipped. Pristine, no wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 6.5" x 89.5". Black half-cloth with red paper-covered boards, and gilt lettering to spine. Pictorial dj in acetate protector. "Skillfully interweaving quotations from Wright's writings, Rowley portrays a man who transcends the times in which he lived and sought to reconcile opposing cultures in his work. She draws on recently discovered material to shed new light on Wright's relationships with Langston Hughes, Ralph Ellison, and others, and on his self-imposed exile in France.".