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THE STREET.
de Petry, Ann
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Very good (corners slightly bumped), no dust jacket.
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London:: Michael Joseph,, (1947). Hardcover -. Very good (corners slightly bumped), no dust jacket. . 2nd printing. An uncommon early UK printing (just one month after the first) of this novel, was has been described as a "living portrait of Harlem in the forties." In pale blue cloth with red illustration on the front cover, red lettering on spine. The novel upon which Petry's reputation rests - and the first novel by a black woman writer to sell more than 1 million copies. 312 pp.
Sinopsis
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.
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 88158
- Título
- THE STREET.
- Autor
- Petry, Ann
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Hardcover -
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very good (corners slightly bumped), no dust jacket.
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Michael Joseph,
- Lugar de publicación
- London:
- Fecha de publicación
- (1947)
- Palabras clave
- first novel, literary fellowship prize novel, women authors, harlem, new york,
- Catálogos del vendedor
- African American Literature;
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