{"product_id":"native-son-9780060533489","title":"Native Son","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNow an HBO Film!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"If one had to identify the single most influential shaping force in modern Black literary history, one would probably have to point to Wright and the publication of \u003cem\u003eNative Son.\u003c\/em\u003e\" - Henry Louis Gates Jr.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRight from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for jail. It could have been for assault or petty larceny; by chance, it was for murder and rape. \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNative Son\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e tells the story of this young black man caught in a downward spiral after he kills a young white woman in a brief moment of panic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in Chicago in the 1930s, Richard Wright's powerful novel is an unsparing reflection on the poverty and feelings of hopelessness experienced by people in inner cities across the country and of what it means to be black in America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis abridged edition of \u003cem\u003eNative Son\u003c\/em\u003e reprints the original edition from 1940. It also includes an essay by Wright, \u003cem\u003eHow \"Bigger\" was Born, \u003c\/em\u003eas well as an afterword by John Reilly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWright, Richard:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Richard Wright won international renown for his powerful and visceral depiction of the black experience. He stands today alongside such African-American luminaries as Zora Neale Hurston, James Baldwin, and Toni Morrison, and two of his novels, \u003cem\u003eNative Son \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e Black Boy, \u003c\/em\u003e are required reading in high schools and colleges across the nation. He died in 1960.","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50409402499346,"sku":"9780060533489","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_eecf83a6-6d81-4aab-880f-7d40e2a52835.jpg?v=1729286314","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/native-son-9780060533489","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}