{"product_id":"pagan-spain-9780061450198","title":"Pagan Spain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA master chronicler of the African-American experience, Richard Wright brilliantly expanded his literary horizons with \u003cem\u003ePagan Spain\u003c\/em\u003e, originally published in 1957. An amalgam of expert travel reportage, dramatic monologue, and arresting sociological critique, \u003cem\u003ePagan Spain\u003c\/em\u003e serves as a pointed and still-relevant commentary on the grave human dangers of oppression and governmental corruption.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Spain Richard Wright visited in the mid-twentieth century was not the romantic locale of song and story, but a place of tragic beauty and dangerous contradictions. The portrait he offers in \u003cem\u003ePagan Spain\u003c\/em\u003e is a blistering, powerful, yet scrupulously honest depiction of a land and people in turmoil, caught in the strangling dual grip of cruel dictatorship and what Wright saw as an undercurrent of primitive faith. \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":51175931838738,"sku":"9780061450198","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6e9e52d3-8b54-4849-a8c0-868a1c611caf.jpg?v=1744295789","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/pagan-spain-9780061450198","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}