{"product_id":"blacker-the-berry-9780684815800","title":"Blacker the Berry...","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Blacker the Berry...\u003c\/i\u003e, a classic yet provocative novel written during the Harlem Renaissance, a young woman must reckon with colorism in the Black community as she navigates 1920s New York City.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of the most widely read and controversial works of the Harlem Renaissance, \u003ci\u003eThe Blacker the Berry...\u003c\/i\u003ewas the first novel to openly explore prejudice within the Black community. This pioneering novel found a way beyond the bondage of Blackness in American life to a new meaning in truth and beauty. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Emma Lou Brown's dark complexion is a source of sorrow and humiliation--not only to herself, but to her lighter-skinned family and friends and to the white community of Boise, Idaho, her hometown. As a young woman, Emma travels to New York's Harlem, hoping to find a safe haven in the Black Mecca of the 1920s. Wallace Thurman recreates this legendary time and place in rich detail, describing Emma's visits to nightclubs and dance halls and house-rent parties, her sex life and her catastrophic love affairs, her dreams and her disillusions--and the momentous decision she makes in order to survive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A lost classic of Black American literature, \u003ci\u003eThe Blacker the Berry...\u003c\/i\u003eis a compelling portrait of the destructive depth of racial bias in this country. A new introduction by Shirlee Taylor Haizlip, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Sweeter the Juice\u003c\/i\u003e, highlights the timelessness of the issues of race and skin color in America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thurman, Wallace\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/02\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Touchstone Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780684815800\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.30w x 0.60d","brand":"Wallace Thurman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39604852293707,"sku":"9780684815800","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_53c026d5-7bc2-4a44-ba1d-3b84443e1ed3.jpg?v=1638373738","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/blacker-the-berry-9780684815800","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}