{"product_id":"native-son-by-dr-richard-wright-9780060533489","title":"Native Son","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNow an HBO Film!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\n\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, \u003cem\u003eNative Son\u003c\/em\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\n\n\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\n\n\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\u003e, as well as an afterword by John Reilly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Arotahi Agency","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47647949357292,"sku":"9780060533489","price":49.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780060533489.jpg?v=1779247631","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/native-son-by-dr-richard-wright-9780060533489","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}