02592cam a2200337 i 4500 369691721 TxAuBib 20190307120000.0 190208s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781598536010 35.00 159853601X 35.00 eng rda TxAuBib rda Petry, Ann, 1908-1997. The Street / The Narrows [BOOK] / Ann Petry ; edited by Farah Jasmine Griffin. New York : Library of America, 2019. 806 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Library of America ; 314 The street -- The narrows -- Other writings. The great secret ; Harlem ; The novel as social criticism. In one volume, two landmark novels about the terrible power of race in America from one of the foremost African American writers of the past century. "The Street follows Lutie Johnson, a young, newly single mother, as she struggles to make a better life for her son, Bub. An intimate account of the aspirations and challenges of black, female, working-class life, much of it set on a single block in Harlem, the novel exposes structural inequalities in American society while telling a complex human story, as overpriced housing, lack of opportunity, sexual harassment, and racism conspire to limit Lutie's potential and to break her buoyant spirit ... The Narrows (1953) is Petry's most ambitious and accomplished novel--a multi-layered, stylistically innovative exploration of themes of race, class, sexuality, gender, and power in postwar America. Centered around an adulterous interracial affair in a small Connecticut town between the young black scholar-athlete Link Williams and white, privileged munitions heiress Camilo Sheffield, it is also a fond, incisive community portrait, full of unforgettable minor characters, unexpected humor, and a rich sense of history. Also included in the volume are three of Petry's previously uncollected essays related to the novels and a newly researched chronology of the author's life, prepared with the assistance of her daughter Elisabeth Petry". 20190307. African Americans Fiction. African American men Fiction. African American women Fiction. Race relations Fiction. Griffin, Farah Jasmine. Library of America ; 314.