The Narrows (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Ann Petry
- First Published: 1953
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: 1950’s, African Americans, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Racism, Blacks, Murder or homicide, Interracial relationships, Abandoned children, New England, Multiculturalism, Connecticut
- Locales: Monmouth, CT
The Narrows combines the racial protest of The Street with the exposé of small-town America in Country Place. It depicts the steady march toward disaster of the Dartmouth-educated veteran Lincoln Williams (or Link), who has returned from four years at war with little faith in the opportunities for a satisfying life he has theoretically earned by his various accomplishments. Link grew up as the foster son of a black middle-class couple living on a street now overtaken by the rougher elements of African American urban life. Throughout the novel, he functions as a...
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