{"product_id":"native-son-american-classics-edition-a-novel-isbn-9780063484207","title":"Native Son American Classics Edition: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne of \u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e’s Great American Novels\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\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn celebration of the 250th anniversary of the United States, HarperCollins is proud to present this library of American classics drawn from our storied catalog. When it was first published in 1940, \u003cem\u003eNative Son\u003c\/em\u003e established Richard Wright as a literary star. In the decades since, Wright's masterpiece—hailed as \"a novel of tremendous power and beauty\" (\u003cem\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/em\u003e)—has become a revered classic that remains as timely and relevant today as when it first appeared.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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. As Wright explained, \"I wrote \u003cem\u003eNative Son\u003c\/em\u003e 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\u003cp\u003eThis edition of \u003cem\u003eNative Son \u003c\/em\u003eis\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ethe restored text established by the Library of America—the novel as Wright intended it to be published. It also includes an essay by Wright titled, \u003cem\u003eHow \"Bigger\" was Born\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ealong with notes on the text.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“A deep experience.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Richard Wright’s masterpiece . . . taught me that it’s all right to have passion within your work, that you don’t need to shy away from politics in order to write fiction.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGloria Naylor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“There have only been two books in my life that have made me cry: the first 50 pages of\u003cem\u003e Jane Eyre\u003c\/em\u003e and the last 50 of \u003cem\u003eNative Son. . . . \u003c\/em\u003eRichard Wright’s masterpiece is in the school of protest novel. . . \u003cem\u003eNative Son\u003c\/em\u003e taught me that it’s all right to have passion within your work, that you don’t need to shy away from politics in order to write fiction.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGloria Naylor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The Library of America has ensured that most of Wright’s major texts are now available as he wanted them to be read.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlfred Kazin, New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“It’s difficult to write temperately of a book which abounds in such excitement, in so profound an understanding of human frailty.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Herald Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An enormously stirring novel. . . a story to trouble midnight and the noon’s repose and to haunt the imagination.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“For terror in narrative, utter and compelling, there are few pages in modern American literature that will compare with this story.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSaturday Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A powerfully blunt novel.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This new edition gives us a \u003cem\u003eNative Son\u003c\/em\u003e in which the key line in the key scene is restored to the great good fortune of American letters. The scene as we now have it is central both to an ongoing conversation among African-American writers and critics and to the consciousness among all American readers of what means to live in a multiracial society on which power splits among racial lines.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJack Miles, Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A novel of tremendous power and beauty.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The most powerful American novel to appear since \u003cem\u003eThe Grapes of Wrath\u003c\/em\u003e. . . so overwhelming is its central drive, so gripping its mounting intensity.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial Modern Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48588027330789,"sku":"NP9780063484207","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780063484207.jpg?v=1773960731","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/native-son-american-classics-edition-a-novel-isbn-9780063484207","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}