Down by the Riverside

A flood brings not only rising waters but the full force of a brutal, racist worldWith 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.BRIEF ENCOUNTERS: classic novellas and captivating stories, to be read in a single sitting or savoured over days