{"product_id":"black-boy","title":"Black Boy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Superb. . . . A great American writer speaks with his own voice about matters that still resonate at the center of our lives.\" --\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA special deluxe edition paperback of Richard Wright's powerful and unforgettable memoir, \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ebeautifully designed with French flaps and deckled edge paper.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen it exploded onto the literary scene in 1945, \u003ci\u003eBlack Boy\u003c\/i\u003e was both praised and condemned. Orville Prescott of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e wrote that \"if enough such books are written, if enough millions of people read them maybe, someday, in the fullness of time, there will be a greater understanding and a more true democracy.\" Yet from 1975 to 1978, \u003ci\u003eBlack Boy\u003c\/i\u003e was banned in schools throughout the United States for \"obscenity\" and \"instigating hatred between the races.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWright's once controversial, now celebrated autobiography measures the raw brutality of the Jim Crow South against the sheer desperate will it took to survive as a black boy. Enduring poverty, hunger, fear, abuse, and hatred while growing up in the woods of Mississippi, Wright lied, stole, and raged at those around him--whites indifferent, pitying, or cruel and blacks resentful of anyone trying to rise above their circumstances. Desperate for a different way of life, he made his way north, eventually arriving in Chicago, where he forged a new path and began his career as a writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the great American memoirs, Wright's account is a poignant record of struggle and endurance--a seminal literary work that illuminates our own time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Richard Wright","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46042864255045,"sku":"BS-LIB-443084","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2482\/2494\/files\/9780061443084-HD.jpg?v=1792261950","url":"https:\/\/libros787.com\/en\/products\/black-boy","provider":"Libros787.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}