{"product_id":"native-son","title":"Native Son","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow an HBO Film!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\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 \u003ci\u003eNative Son\u003c\/i\u003e.” – Henry Louis Gates Jr.\u003c\/b\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. This classic American novel, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNative Son\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\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 work of social commentary and a reflection on the poverty, racial injustice, 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 \u003ci\u003eNative Son\u003c\/i\u003e reprints the original edition from 1940. It also includes an essay by Wright, \u003ci\u003eHow \"Bigger\" was Born, \u003c\/i\u003eas well as an afterword by John Reilly.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Richard Wright","offers":[{"title":"Trade Paperback","offer_id":55251875496227,"sku":"9780061148507","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/2258\/5123\/files\/9780061148507.jpg?v=1781804363","url":"https:\/\/epicreads.com\/products\/native-son","provider":"Epic Reads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}