{"product_id":"9781614278108","title":"The Blacker the Berry","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the most widely read and controversial works of the Harlem Renaissance, \u003ci\u003eThe Blacker the Berry\u003c\/i\u003e...was 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. \u003cbr\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 home-town. 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 re-creates 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. \u003cbr\u003e A lost classic of Black American literature, \u003ci\u003eThe Blacker the Berry\u003c\/i\u003e...is 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Martino Fine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47055269200112,"sku":"9781614278108","price":6.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781614278108_p0.jpg?v=1763849141","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781614278108","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}