{"product_id":"blacker-the-berry-9780684815800","title":"Blacker the Berry...","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Blacker the Berry...\u003c\/i\u003e, a classic yet provocative novel written during the Harlem Renaissance, a young woman must reckon with colorism in the Black community as she navigates 1920s New York City.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of the most widely read and controversial works of the Harlem Renaissance, \u003ci\u003eThe Blacker the Berry...\u003c\/i\u003ewas the first novel to openly explore prejudice within the Black community. This pioneering novel found a way beyond the bondage of Blackness in American life to a new meaning in truth and beauty. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Emma Lou Brown's dark complexion is a source of sorrow and humiliation--not only to herself, but to her lighter-skinned family and friends and to the white community of Boise, Idaho, her hometown. As a young woman, Emma travels to New York's Harlem, hoping to find a safe haven in the Black Mecca of the 1920s. Wallace Thurman recreates this legendary time and place in rich detail, describing Emma's visits to nightclubs and dance halls and house-rent parties, her sex life and her catastrophic love affairs, her dreams and her disillusions--and the momentous decision she makes in order to survive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A lost classic of Black American literature, \u003ci\u003eThe Blacker the Berry...\u003c\/i\u003eis a compelling portrait of the destructive depth of racial bias in this country. A new introduction by Shirlee Taylor Haizlip, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Sweeter the Juice\u003c\/i\u003e, highlights the timelessness of the issues of race and skin color in America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWallace Thurman is the author of \u003ci\u003eHarlem, \u003c\/i\u003e a play, and two other novels, \u003ci\u003eInfants of the Spring\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eInterne.\u003c\/i\u003e He died in 1934\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Touchstone Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50692797169938,"sku":"9780684815800","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9f2fef82-fe58-4a1d-ba08-1a3a223e04ca.jpg?v=1734134239","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/blacker-the-berry-9780684815800","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}