Fred Daniels, un uomo di colore, viene catturato erroneamente dalla polizia dopo un brutale duplice omicidio in un sobborgo di Chicago. Portato al distretto locale, viene torturato, finché non confessa un crimine che non ha commesso. Ma quando gli si presenta l'occasione, Fred Daniels scappa. Con il mondo contro di lui, resta solo un posto in cui nascondersi: il sottosuolo. Dimorando nelle fogne sotto le strade della sua città, il nuovo punto di osservazione di Fred lo conduce in un viaggio attraverso il ventre ingiusto e disumano dell'America. In un gioco magistrale di rovesciamento della prospettiva tra il mondo reale e quello del sottosuolo e di rielaborazione del mito della caverna di Platone, Richard Wright sublima la vicenda di Fred Daniels in una profonda riflessione sull'odio razziale e il concetto di colpevolezza, regalandoci una vicenda drammaticamente contemporanea come solo i grandi capolavori sanno fare. Scritto negli anni Quaranta e mai pubblicato prima, è apparso in una versione ridotta sotto forma di racconto nella raccolta Otto uomini.

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