![]() Set in Chicago in the 1930s, Native Son 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. ![]() ![]() In the decades since, Wrights masterpiece-hailed by Newsweek as a novel of tremendous power and beauty-has be a revered classic that remains as timely and relevant today as when it first appeared. The New Yorker When it was first published in 1940, Native Son established Richard Wright as a literary star. The most powerful American novel to appear since The Grapes of Wrath. Book Synopsis 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. ![]() About the Book Widely acclaimed as one of the finest books ever written on race and class divisions in America, this powerful novel reflects the forces of poverty, injustice, and hopelessness that continue to shape society. ![]()
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