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The Street - Ann Petry
The Street
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Format: ebook
ISBN: 9781299901698 (1299901697)
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
Pages no: 123
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics, Novels, Literature, Cultural, American, Historical Fiction, African American, New York, Female Authors, Race
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So.... Nicky?
So.... Nicky? rated it
4.0 The Street: A Novel
text The Street: A Novel
Raw, riveting, and sadly still reflective of our own times, this novel describes life on a street in Harlem in 1945. I found the pacing a bit slow and some text a bit repetitious, but maybe that was needed to drive home the point that poverty and lack of opportunity are a crucible melting the hardie...
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Chris Blocker
Chris Blocker rated it
5.0 The Street
text The Street
Ann Petry's The Street bears considerable resemblance to Wright's Native Son or Ellison's Invisible Man. All three tell a tale of a young black person and their struggle to achieve more. All three were written in the same era. All three are heartbreaking and haunting. I've loved all three, but each ...
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Itinerant Librarian on Books
Itinerant Librarian on Books rated it
2.0 The Street: A Novel
text The Street: A Novel
Another one I read during graduate school. I read it twice back then, once for a class, and then around the date I am noting now for a paper I had to write on it. It was kind of forced reading by then, which probably puts a bit of bias into my impression of it. I made a some good notes on my journal...
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The Street: A Novel - Ann Petry, Tayari Jones
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The Street (Virago modern classics) - Ann Petry
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The Street (Audio) - Ann Petry
The Street - Ann Petry, To Be Announced
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The Street (Signet #710) - Ann Petry, Donald Linquist
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