| Native Son Contributor(s): Wright, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0061148504 ISBN-13: 9780061148507 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2008 Annotation: Right 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. "Native Son" 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. Set in Chicago in the 1930s, 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | African American - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 700 |
| Series: P.S. |
| Physical Information: 1.6" H x 5.6" W x 8.2" (1.10 lbs) 544 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "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 Native Son." --Henry Louis Gates Jr. Right 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. Native Son 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. Set 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. This beautifully designed Harper Perennial Deluxe Edition--the restored text of Native Son established by the Library of America--also includes an essay by Wright titled, How Bigger was Born, along with notes on the text. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wright, Richard: - Richard Wright won international renown for his powerful and visceral depiction of the black experience. He stands today alongside such African-American luminaries as Zora Neale Hurston, James Baldwin, and Toni Morrison, and two of his novels, Native Son and Black Boy, are required reading in high schools and colleges across the nation. He died in 1960. |