{"product_id":"eight-men-short-stories-isbn-9780061450181","title":"Eight Men: Short Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“[Wright’s] landscape was not merely that of the Deep South, or of Chicago, but that of the world, of the human heart.” \u003c\/strong\u003e—\u003cstrong\u003eJames Baldwin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these powerful stories, literary giant Richard Wright probes the landscape of the human heart and soul with deep compassion and biting clarity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach of the short works in \u003cem\u003eEight Men \u003c\/em\u003efocuses on a Black man at violent odds with a white world, reflecting Wright's views about racism in our society and his fascination with what he called \"the struggle of the individual in America.\" Wrenching and indelible, these stories will captivate all those who loved \u003cem\u003eBlack Boy\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eNative Son\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“All eight men and all eight stories stand as beautifully, pitifully, terribly true. Some readers will be shocked by it for it presents straightforwardly a brilliant Black American’s point of view. Many more readers will be uplifted and encouraged by it. . . . All the way through this is fine, sound, good, honorable writing, rich with insight and understanding, even when occasionally twisted by sorrow. Each story centers on a Black man involved cruelly with his surroundings, beaten down by them; each central figure is one way or another misunderstood by the world he knows; a few misunderstand and misinterpret that world. Altogether the eight men of these stories have in common a desperate . . . heroism.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Haunting. . . . A powerful and disturbing book.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“All eight men and all eight stories stand as beautifully, pitifully, terribly true. . . . Rich with insight and understanding, even when occasionally twisted by sorrow.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial Modern Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44887820173541,"sku":"NP9780061450181","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780061450181.jpg?v=1730227533","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/eight-men-short-stories-isbn-9780061450181","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}