num_pages: 435
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 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.
language: English
title: The Street
titlecomplete: The Street
characters: Pop, Jim Upton, Supe, Bub, Lutie (main)
genres: Classics, American, Historical, Race, African American, Novels, Historical Fiction, Literature, Literary Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 11229
places: Harlem, New York City, New York, New York City, New York
awards: name: Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship Award
publisher: Mariner Books