{"product_id":"native-son-9780060533489","title":"Native Son","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNow an HBO Film!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\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. \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNative Son\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\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 reflection on the poverty 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 \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\u003eas well as an afterword by John Reilly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060533489\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.20w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e5992 \/ Native Son (the Original 1940 Text)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.1 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 24\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Richard Wright","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42916708057269,"sku":"9780060533489","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_d175ab2a-0ca0-4e87-82b5-e556a1f03c19.jpg?v=1687269127","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/native-son-9780060533489","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}