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Native Son por Richard Wright
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Native Son (edición 2005)

por Richard Wright

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"«Cada vez que me pongo a pensar en que yo soy negro y ellos son blancos, en que yo estoy aquí y ellos allí, siento que va a sucederme also espantoso», dice Bigger Thomas, antes de decidirse a aceptar el trabajo de chófer de la familia Dalton en lugar de atracar una tienda. Estaba, desde el principio, destinado a acabar entre rejas, ya fuera por una cosa o por la otra, Hija de esta tierra narra la historia de este joven afroamericano, un hombre desposeído y desheredado, atrapado en una espiral descendente tras matar una mujer blanca en un momento de pánico."--Page [4] of cover.… (más)
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Título:Native Son
Autores:Richard Wright
Información:Harper Perennial Modern Classics, Paperback, 504 pages
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    Makes Me Wanna Holler: A Young Black Man in America por Nathan McCall (owen1218)
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    Crimen y Castigo por Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Ghost_Boy)
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    La naranja mecánica por Anthony Burgess (Sammelsurium)
    Sammelsurium: Both of these classic novels sympathetically portray main characters who commit horrific crimes and thereafter suffer under flawed criminal justice systems. They are written from quite different perspectives, but focus on similar themes of criminal responsibility and reform.… (más)
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well DAMN. ( )
  deborahee | Feb 23, 2024 |
A young sociopath kills a white woman he barely knows, by accident, dismembers her and burns her body, then rapes and kills his own girlfriend. He is hunted down and captured, pleads guilty and goes to trial for the murder of the white woman. The man's race is used as a convenient explanation for his crimes, while his case is picked up by various people with their own agendas as a tool for their use. The fact that Wright is drawing on his own experiences as a Black man during the depression makes this book stronger, but the trial and justice system stuff in the third part is tedious and needed more editing. It seems pretty obvious that the boy Bigger is supposed to be assumed to have been pushed by racism to become a violent criminal, even though he has friends and family who are not killers and rapists despite living in the same environment. He seems to feel no remorse for his crimes. While the fact that his rape and murder of his girlfriend seems less important to the white people involved in the case, Bigger doesn't even seem to think about Bessie as a human being, just something that got in the way and needed to be discarded.
As far as social commentary, though, this book does show a good argument for the importance of education and economic equity. The fact that Bigger and his friends and family are so poorly educated makes them more vulnerable to mistreatment by people with more education, and their lack of education makes it harder for them to make good decisions that improve their lives. Another interesting argument from this story would be the importance of purpose in men's lives. The poor women in this story, with the responsibilities on their shoulders to keep themselves and their households functional, seem less inclined to resort to stupid criminal acts with high risks. The one truly irresponsible woman in this book, Mary, is living a pampered life similar to Bigger's, in that any mistakes she makes are dealt with by her parents or other responsible adults. Both Mary and Bigger can continue to act immature and irresponsible, at least until Bigger murders Mary and thus creates consequences even his mother and Bessie can't rescue him from. ( )
  JBarringer | Dec 15, 2023 |
I read this for this year's Book Riot Read Harder Challenge.
This was my entry for "Read a classic by an author of color." I highly recommend it. I'm also studying the performance of justice in fiction and how it's skewed along color lines. Native Son definitely digs deep into that. ( )
  beckyrenner | Aug 3, 2023 |
I don't have any qualms calling this a masterpiece, despite the rough start I had with it.

Honestly, this book is reminiscent of so many books that I absolutely love. It's similar to Dostoyevksi and Kafka in the sense of wallowing in anxious misery and self loathing (I'm a sucker for a good story about anxious misery and self loathing). Similar to Invisible Man for it's examination of the racial divide and themes of black identity. Similar to to The Stranger, for it's plot and structure.

It is a brilliant critique on the racial divide in America. Excellently paced. Despite the dense themes, and unsympathetic protagonist, this book was an engaging page turner, and kept me on the edge of my seat. I'm not ashamed to admit I lost sleep over it a few nights, with empathetic anxiety.

I'd recommend it to anyone, with the caveat that the first 30 or so pages are a bit rough, but push through. ( )
  Andjhostet | Jul 4, 2023 |
(34) My zeal for classic fiction has waned, but I still endeavor to be well-read and tackle several works of literature deemed to be influential, and/or highly regarded every year. My social justice lens has become cracked and soiled as of late so I am doing my best to read or re-read work by black authors. I realize that while I have read many novels by Toni Morrison and Alice Walker, I have virtually read nothing by black male writers. So, 'Native Son,' a gripping tale of a poor black boy from the the Deep South transplanted to the slums of South Side Chicago - Bigger Thomas. He gets a job as a chauffeur for a do-good rich white family... and let's just say, it doesn't end well.

The beginning of the book is horrifying and burned in my brain. Aah! The furnace. The hatchet. Why? Oh God.. it is tragic. The scene with he and Bessie in the abandoned tenement and the raging blizzard outside was equally as dramatic. His icy travails over the rooftops of Chicago. I couldn't put the novel down for quite sometime. But after Bigger got arrested the book went downhill. I feel that Wright then began to explain ad nauseam using unrealistic scenes such as having everyone he ever knew in his life visit him in jail at the same time; and loong speeches by his lawyer Max. The book became a chore and less convincing. I could feel why Bigger behaved as he did, not sure I needed to be told. His writing for the first half of the novel spoke for itself.

I hated it for Bigger. He never had a chance. And I get that plenty of people grow up with even worse adversity and make something of their lives. Not everyone would choose to do what he did. But still. You can see it in the eyes of inner city black boys and rural white ones that get a shitty education surrounded by embittered adults who live shitty little lives - boredom, hopelessness, rage. A worthy read that is one half gripping, one half slog. ( )
  jhowell | Jun 30, 2023 |
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Gritty novel of violence and race best for older teens.

añadido por vibesandall | editarCommon Sense Media, Terreece Clarke (Jul 12, 2017)
 
It would have been easy to write a book about a black man unjustly accused. Wright wrote the hard one.
añadido por vibesandall | editarTime, Richard Lacayo (Jan 8, 2010)
 
This new edition gives us a Native Son in which the key line in the key scene is restored to the great good fortune of American letters. The scene as we now have it is central both to an ongoing conversation among African-American writers and critics and to the consciousness among all American readers of what means to live in a multiracial society on which power splits among racial lines.
añadido por vibesandall | editarLos Angeles Times, Jack Miles
 
A powerfully blunt novel.
añadido por vibesandall | editarWashington Post
 
For terror in narrative, utter and compelling, there are few pages in modern American literature that will compare with this story.
añadido por vibesandall | editarSaturday Review
 

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Wright, Richardautor principaltodas las edicionesconfirmado
Cade, PeterArtista de Cubiertaautor secundarioalgunas edicionesconfirmado
Diaz, DavidArtista de Cubiertaautor secundarioalgunas edicionesconfirmado
Fisher, Dorothy CanfieldIntroducciónautor secundarioalgunas edicionesconfirmado
Olzon, GöstaTraductorautor secundarioalgunas edicionesconfirmado
Pellizzi, CamilloTraductorautor secundarioalgunas edicionesconfirmado
Phillips, CarylIntroducciónautor secundarioalgunas edicionesconfirmado
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"«Cada vez que me pongo a pensar en que yo soy negro y ellos son blancos, en que yo estoy aquí y ellos allí, siento que va a sucederme also espantoso», dice Bigger Thomas, antes de decidirse a aceptar el trabajo de chófer de la familia Dalton en lugar de atracar una tienda. Estaba, desde el principio, destinado a acabar entre rejas, ya fuera por una cosa o por la otra, Hija de esta tierra narra la historia de este joven afroamericano, un hombre desposeído y desheredado, atrapado en una espiral descendente tras matar una mujer blanca en un momento de pánico."--Page [4] of cover.

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