{"product_id":"native-son-abridged","title":"Native Son (Abridged)","description":"Now an HBO Film!\n“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.\nRight 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. This classic American novel, 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.\nSet in Chicago in the 1930s, Richard Wright's powerful novel is an unsparing work of social commentary and a reflection on the poverty, racial injustice, and feelings of hopelessness experienced by people in inner cities across the country and of what it means to be black in America.\nThis 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.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 006053348X\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.006053348X.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Wright, Richard\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43338337681469,"sku":"BVV.006053348X.A","price":5.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/006053348X-0_391eae30-7630-41b4-8d3a-4b2ee6041f8c.jpg?v=1783916867","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/native-son-abridged","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}