{"product_id":"native-son-book-richard-wright-9780060809775","title":"Native Son","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne of \u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e's Great American Novels\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf 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\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe 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\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\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\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","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49530183254289,"sku":"CIN0060809779G","price":4.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":49726708449553,"sku":"CIN0060809779A","price":4.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50105860653329,"sku":"CIN0060809779VG","price":6.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51478819602705,"sku":"GOR003777125","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51491126051089,"sku":"GOR003422260","price":17.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0060809779.jpg?v=1751355842","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/native-son-book-richard-wright-9780060809775","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}