"A classic of American realism . . . The Street rushes toward its fatalistic climax like a train toward a washed-out bridge." -- Review
"A major literary invention . . . A truly great book." -- -- The Los Angeles Times
Product Description
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...
"A classic of American realism . . . The Street rushes toward its fatalistic climax like a train toward a washed-out bridge." -- Review
"A major literary invention . . . A truly great book." -- -- The Los Angeles Times
Product Description
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...