{"product_id":"native-son","title":"Native Son","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eNative Son\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eRichard Wright\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780060837563\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eHarper Perennial Modern Classics\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2005\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003e1\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e544\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition: \u003c\/b\u003eUsed Copy\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne of \u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e's Great American Novels\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The most powerful American novel to appear since \u003cem\u003eThe Grapes of Wrath\u003c\/em\u003e.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen it was first published in 1940, \u003cem\u003eNative Son\u003c\/em\u003e established Richard Wright as a literary star. In the decades since, Wright's masterpiece--hailed by Newsweek as \"a novel of tremendous power and beauty\"--has become a revered classic that remains as timely and relevant today as when it first appeared.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet in Chicago in the 1930s, \u003cem\u003eNative Son\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of Bigger Thomas, a young Black man caught in a downward spiral after killing a young white woman in a brief moment of panic. Written with the distinctive rhythm of a modern crime story, this formidable work is both a condemnation of social injustice and an unsparing portrait of the Black experience in America, revealing the tragic effect of poverty, racism, and hopelessness on the human spirit. \"I wrote \u003cem\u003eNative Son\u003c\/em\u003e to show what manner of men and women our 'society of the majority' breeds, and my aim was to depict a character in terms of thw living tissue and texture of daily consciousness,\" Wright explained.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis edition of \u003cem\u003eNative Son\u003c\/em\u003e--the restored text established by the Library of America--is the novel as Wright intended it to be published. It also includes an essay by Wright titled, \u003cem\u003eHow \"Bigger\" was Born\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ealong with notes on the text.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial Modern Classics","offers":[{"title":"Native Son | Richard Wright | Paperback | 9780060837563 | Used: Like New | Fiction 1728832 (temp: 17)","offer_id":48167589937304,"sku":"1728832","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Native Son | Richard Wright | Paperback | 9780060837563 | Used: Very Good | Fiction 1674338","offer_id":48753933484184,"sku":"1674338","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71bSE19hjsL.jpg?v=1771950826","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/native-son","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}