The Narrows
The Narrows
Editorial Reviews
Review
The New York Herald-Tribune : "Using a theme that might have been merely sensational, [Petry] builds a novel that has depth and dignity."
"A novel about racial conflict, The Narrows resists classification . . . Ann Petry has achieved something as rare as it is commendable." -- Arna Bontemps
Review
"Using a theme that might have been merely sensational, [Petry] builds a novel that has depth and dignity."
The Narrows
The Narrows,Ann Petry,Mariner Books,0618007105,African American men,Fiction,Fiction - General,General,Literary,Married women,Miscegenation,Petry, Ann - Prose & Criticism,Race relations,Fiction / Literary,Modern fiction
Book Updates:
- The New Life (Vintage International)
- The Novel
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- The President
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- The Rachel Papers (Vintage International)
- The Scent of Betrayal (The Privateersman Mysteries, No. 5)
- The Selected Works of Cesare Pavese (New York Review Books Classics)
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