false <![CDATA[The Street (Beacon Paperback, 699)]]> 186926 9 THE STREET tells the poignant, often heartbreaking story of Lutie Johnson, a young black woman, and her spirited struggle to raise her son amid the violence, poverty, and racial dissonance of Harlem in the late 1940s. Originally published in 1946 and hailed by critics as a masterwork, The Street was Ann Petry's first novel, a beloved bestseller with more than a million copies in print. Its haunting tale still resonates today. 968007 1946 The Street total:433|5:143|4:163|3:99|2:22|1:6| 433 1714 655 72 5 0 false false Fri Feb 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 09:17:14 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 09:08:08 -0800 2009
"Streets like the one she lived on wer...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 21:52:31 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 22:05:04 -0800 2008 The Street isn't in the pantheon of classics confounds me. while it's true some of the descriptions drag on, the perspective of the novel is brilliant and illuminating. the story is mostly Lutie Johnson's to tell. but other inhabitants of the city street in Harlem in the 1940s have their turn...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 08:25:39 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 06:21:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Sep 27 13:19:19 -0700 2007 Fri Jan 04 12:53:21 -0800 2008 The Street is a novel in the tradition of Richard Wright's Native Son. It is concerned with the lives of poor urban African Americans during the 1940s and it provides a gritty, realistic view of their lives. Petry's novel is even more convincing an argument than Wright's, however. Where Wright's ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Sun Aug 12 15:52:51 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 12 16:14:12 -0700 2007
In college, I volunteered at a books for prisoners program, where we would package books per prisoner's requests. Asi...more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 20:48:58 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 09:30:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Mar 17 13:21:54 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 13:22:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Nov 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 07:21:49 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 07:28:06 -0800 2008 first time more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Feb 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 13:32:14 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 09:29:08 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false true Tue Oct 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 09:01:18 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 09:15:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jul 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 10:55:39 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 11:38:39 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Sep 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 13:53:34 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 10:48:36 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Apr 28 14:27:02 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 14:30:12 -0700 2009 Not a pleasant read, but it is strong and honest and quick: a relentless drive to an awful finish. It's about the injustice of racism, the grinding of poverty on the human spirit, and the destruction of the black family by those two forces. ]]> 5 0 false false Wed Mar 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 05 04:50:27 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 06 11:21:55 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu May 24 00:37:45 -0700 2007 Thu May 24 00:37:49 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed May 02 07:39:03 -0700 2007 Mon Mar 17 19:33:46 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 19:09:34 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 19:11:01 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 18 16:29:00 -0700 2008 Tue Nov 11 11:54:48 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu May 28 07:57:33 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 11:30:39 -0700 2009 Time period is 1940 in Harlem; it is about a young black woman's struggle to raise her son alone surrounded by the poverty and violence of their neighborhood.
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