The Street American Classics Edition A Novel

"A major literary invention . . . A truly great book." -The Los Angeles Times "Overflows with the classic pity and terror of good imaginative writing." -The New York Times "A powerful, uncompromising work of social criticism. To this day, few works of fiction have so clearly illuminated the devastating impact of racial injustice." -Coretta Scott King "A classic of American realism . . . The Street rushes toward its fatalistic climax like a train toward a washed-out bridge." -Newsday