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Down by the Riverside : An unflinching novella of race and power in the American South, from the author of Native Son and Black Boy - Richard Wright

Down by the Riverside

An unflinching novella of race and power in the American South, from the author of Native Son and Black Boy

By: Richard Wright

eBook | 2 July 2026

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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. Down By the Riverside is Richard Wright's unflinching novella of race, power and consequence. Starkly told and painfully resonant, it captures how quickly the world can turn - and who is forced to pay the price.

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