| Native Son Contributor(s): Wright, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 006053348X ISBN-13: 9780060533489 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2003 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, Richard Wright's novel is just as powerful today as when it was written -- in its reflection of poverty and hopelessness, and what it means to be black in America. This abridged edition includes an introduction, "How Bigger Was Born," by the author, as well as an afterword by John Reilly. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | African American - General - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2003051421 |
| Lexile Measure: 700 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.2" W x 8" (0.70 lbs) 432 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 5992 Reading Level: 6.1 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 24.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Now an HBO Film "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 abridged edition of Native Son reprints the original edition from 1940. It also includes an essay by Wright, How Bigger was Born, as well as an afterword by John Reilly. |
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. |