{"title":"Classic Literature","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"notes-of-a-native-son","title":"Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca class=\"active\" href=\"#tab1\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"#tab2\"\u003eDetails\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"#tab3\"\u003eReviews\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\" id=\"tab1\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new edition of the book many have called James Baldwin’s most influential work\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten during the 1940s and early 1950s, when Baldwin was only in his twenties, the essays collected in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes of a Native Son \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecapture a view of black life and black thought at the dawn of the civil rights movement and as the movement slowly gained strength through the words of one of the most captivating essayists and foremost intellectuals of that era. Writing as an artist, activist, and social critic, Baldwin probes the complex condition of being black in America. With a keen eye, he examines everything from the significance of the protest novel to the motives and circumstances of the many black expatriates of the time, from his home in “The Harlem Ghetto” to a sobering “Journey to Atlanta.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes of a Native Son\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e inaugurated Baldwin as one of the leading interpreters of the dramatic social changes erupting in the United States in the twentieth century, and many of his observations have proven almost prophetic. His criticism on topics such as the paternalism of white progressives or on his own friend Richard Wright’s work is pointed and unabashed. He was also one of the few writing on race at the time who addressed the issue with a powerful mixture of outrage at the gross physical and political violence against black citizens and measured understanding of their oppressors, which helped awaken a white audience to the injustices under their noses. Naturally, this combination of brazen criticism and unconventional empathy for white readers won Baldwin as much condemnation as praise.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the book that established Baldwin’s voice as a social critic, and it remains one of his most admired works. The essays collected here create a cohesive sketch of black America and reveal an intimate portrait of Baldwin’s own search for identity as an artist, as a black man, and as an American.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli id=\"tab2\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNotes of a Native Son\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy \u003cstrong\u003eJames Baldwin (Author), Edward P. Jones (Foreword)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback: \u003cspan\u003e192\u003c\/span\u003e pages\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli id=\"tab3\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“The wonderful thing about writers like Baldwin is the way we read them and come across passages that are so arresting we become breathless and have to raise our eyes from the page to keep from being spirited away.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdward P. 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Includes a new foreword by the author.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMilkman Dead was born shortly after a neighborhood eccentric hurled himself off a rooftop in a vain attempt at flight. 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Years later, in San Francisco, Maya learns that love for herself, the kindness of others, her own strong spirit, and the ideas of great authors (“I met and fell in love with William Shakespeare”) will allow her to be free instead of imprisoned.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePoetic and powerful, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e will touch hearts and change minds for as long as people read.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e liberates the reader into life simply because Maya Angelou confronts her own life with such a moving wonder, such a luminous dignity.”—James Baldwin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" data-expanded=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" data-expanded=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003ePublished ‏ : ‎ April 21, 2009\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eLanguage ‏ : ‎ English \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003ePaperback ‏ : ‎ 304 pages \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eLexile measure ‏ : ‎ 1010L\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32704618594385,"sku":"9780345514400","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0273\/2005\/products\/caged.jpg?v=1677646237"},{"product_id":"native-son","title":"Native Son: A Novel by Richard Wright","description":"\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/libro.fm\/audiobooks\/9780060886394?bookstore=frugalbookstore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0273\/2005\/files\/button-buy-on-audiobook_2-01.svg?v=1724852867\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eOne of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e’s Great American Novels\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNative Son.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e” – Henry Louis Gates Jr.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\"The most powerful American novel to appear since \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Grapes of Wrath\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e.\" \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWhen it was first published in 1940, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNative Son\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e established Richard Wright as a literary star. 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It called upon him to tell it on the mountains, to preach it in Harlem, to sing it on the Left Bank in Paris. . . . He was a giant.\" — Maya Angelou\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis collectible edition celebrates James Baldwin’s 100th-year anniversary, delving into his years in France and Switzerland\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginally published in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNotes of a Native Son\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the essays, \"Encounter on the Seine: Black Meets Brown,\" \"A Question of Identity,\" \"Equal in Paris,\" and \"Stranger in the Village\" will appeal to readers interested in Baldwin's observations as a Black man overseas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring his transformative time in Europe, Baldwin uncovers what it means to be American, immersing the reader in his life as a foreigner, his troubling encounter with a Parisian prison, and his unprecedented arrival to a tiny Swiss village.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis final collection in the Baldwin centennial anniversary series raises issues of identity, belonging, nationhood, and race within a global context. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEncounter on the Seine: Essays \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eshowcases Baldwin’s strengths as a storyteller, revealing how his years in Paris transformed his understanding of American identity.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; 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