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A review by clairealex
The Man Who Lived Underground by Richard Wright
5.0
If you ever thought you would withstand torture, the opening scene vividly presents how difficult that would be. The underground scenes start out seeming to be the mental deterioration that accompanies isolation, but soon shifts to more mystical content. The reflections in Notes About My Grandmother made me want to start from the beginning again.
The ending made me think of the difficulty described by mystics in conveying their visions to people who did not share them. Add to that the difficulty of communicating through racial bias. It is a timely book on the subject of police brutality, among other things.
It is a book worth rereading many times.
The ending made me think of the difficulty described by mystics in conveying their visions to people who did not share them. Add to that the difficulty of communicating through racial bias. It is a timely book on the subject of police brutality, among other things.
It is a book worth rereading many times.