{"product_id":"native-son","title":"Native Son by Richard Wright","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNative Son: A Novel\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs Wright explained, \"I wrote Native Son 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 the living tissue and texture of daily consciousness.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis edition of \u003cem\u003eNative Son\u003c\/em\u003e reprints the original edition in which Wright omitted several passages that book club editors feared would prove offensive to readers in 1940 and which were restored to the book in later editions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWright’s powerful novel is just as meaningful today as when it was written, both in its unsparing reflection of the poverty and feelings of hopelessness experienced by people in inner cities across the country and in what it means to be black in America. An undisputed classic since it was first published, \u003cem\u003eNative Son\u003c\/em\u003e has sold close to three million copies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAuthor: Richard Wright\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 5.3\" x 8\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Belleville Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44921889849459,"sku":"9780060837563","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8306\/5459\/files\/NativeSon.png?v=1778005917","url":"https:\/\/bellevillemarket.com\/products\/native-son","provider":"Belleville Market","version":"1.0","type":"link"}