Tag: Ann Petrie

• The Street (but not the TV show!)

  Today’s  book is The Street, by Ann Petry, chosen because it is set in Harlem, just  like The Constant Sinner, and makes an interesting companion piece. As you might expect, some of the themes are very similar: there is crime, prostitution, even murder. But there the similarity ends for this novel, written in 1945 and…

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  June 30, 2017

  20thC, Novels, Uncategorized, Virago

  Ann Petrie, Harlem, The Street, Virago