{"product_id":"black-no-more-being-an-account-of-the-strange-and-wonderful-workings-of-science-in-the-land-of-the-free-a-d-1933-1940-9781513136165","title":"Black No More: Being an Account of the Strange","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge S. Schuyler's Afrofuturistic novel \u003ci\u003eBlack No More,\u003c\/i\u003e originally published in 1931, imagines a world where Black Americans have the chance to cross the color line and become white.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat would happen if science gave Black Americans the choice to become white? Mirroring \u003ci\u003eThe Blacker the Berry,\u003c\/i\u003e by Wallace Thurman, George S. Schuyler's \u003ci\u003eBlack No More: Being an Account of the Strange and Wonderful Workings of Science in the Land of the Free, AD 1933-1940,\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the first Afrofuturistic novels ever published.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn New Year's Eve, Max Disher's romantic advances are rejected on the basis that he is a Black man. Come New Year's Day, the answer to his frustration appears in the form of an announcement about a new scientific procedure called \"Black-No-More.\" Believing that his life will have much more fortune in white skin, he goes through with the treatment—changing his name to \"Matthew Fisher.\" The newly-made white Max has to decide what it means to live and breathe on the other side of the color line.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProfessionally typeset with a beautifully designed cover, this edition of \u003ci\u003eBlack No More\u003c\/i\u003e is a reimagining of a Harlem Renaissance staple for the modern reader.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"West Margin Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359488213335,"sku":"9781513136165","price":6.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781513136165.jpg?v=1754124800","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/black-no-more-being-an-account-of-the-strange-and-wonderful-workings-of-science-in-the-land-of-the-free-a-d-1933-1940-9781513136165","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}