Literature & Fiction | Historical Fiction

Native Son

by Richard Wright

2020-08-24 05:56:45

Compare Price
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. R... Read more

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.

Less

Book Details

File size8x5.2x1.1inches
Print pages432
PublisherHarper Perennial
Publication date September 1, 2003
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780060533489

Related Categories

Choice Picks From Page to Screen
autor-image
Richard Wright
Author
Richard Nathaniel Wright (Sep 4, 1908 – Nov 28, 1960) was an American author of novels, short stories, poems, and non-fiction. Much of his literature concerns racial themes, especially related to th...

Compare Prices

Store Availability Book Format Condition Price
Indigo Books & Music In Stock Audio Book (CD) Audio Book (CD) Buy CAD 49.99
eBooks.com In Stock Buy GBP 4.99
BOOKSAMILLION.COM In Stock Audio CD - Unabridged Audio CD - Unabridged Buy USD 39.95
BetterWorld.com - New, Used, Rare Books & Textbooks In Stock Buy USD 3.98
Indigo Books & Music In Stock Paperback Paperback Buy CAD 23.99
BOOKSAMILLION.COM In Stock Paperback Paperback Buy USD 16.99
Barnes & Noble In Stock Paperback Paperback Buy USD 14.49
Indigo Books & Music In Stock Buy CAD 13.95
Amazon In Stock Paperback Paperback Buy USD 12.84
Indigo Books & MusicIn Stock
Format
Audio Book (CD)
Condition
Audio Book (CD)
Buy CAD 49.99
eBooks.comIn Stock
Format
Condition
Buy GBP 4.99
BOOKSAMILLION.COMIn Stock
Format
Audio CD - Unabridged
Condition
Audio CD - Unabridged
Buy USD 39.95
BetterWorld.com - New, Used, Rare Books & TextbooksIn Stock
Format
Condition
Buy USD 3.98
Indigo Books & MusicIn Stock
Format
Paperback
Condition
Paperback
Buy CAD 23.99
BOOKSAMILLION.COMIn Stock
Format
Paperback
Condition
Paperback
Buy USD 16.99
Barnes & NobleIn Stock
Format
Paperback
Condition
Paperback
Buy USD 14.49
Indigo Books & MusicIn Stock
Format
Condition
Buy CAD 13.95
AmazonIn Stock
Format
Paperback
Condition
Paperback
Buy USD 12.84
Available Discount
No Discount available

Related Books

View All
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
Out With Garibaldi: A Story of the Liberation of Italy
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
Urbain Grandier
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
54-40 or Fight
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
Conditions in Utah Speech of Hon. Thomas Kearns of Utah, in the Senate of the United States
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
Christmas in Legend and Story a Book for Boys and Girls
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
Joan of Naples
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
The Lay of Havelok the Dane
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
The Complete Celebrated Crimes
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
Massacres of the South
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
Vaninka
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
The History of the Remarkable Life of John Sheppard
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
caught in the net
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
The Countess of Saint-Geran
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
Mary Stuart
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
The Blossoming Rod (Classic Reprint)
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
A Man for the Ages: a Story of the Builders of Democracy
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
The Land of Deepening Shadow: Germany at War
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
La Navidad en las Montañas (Classic Reprint)
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
Ali Pacha
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
The Marquise De Ganges
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
Stories From the Italian Poets: With Lives of The Writers
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
La Constantin
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
The Marquise de Brinvilliers
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
Audrey
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
Rosamund Queen of the Lombards
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆

Join us and get access to all
your favourite books

Sign up for free and start exploring thousands of eBooks today.

Sign up for free

Stay in touch.

© 2026 AMPLE READS