{"product_id":"the-narrows-9780349013404","title":"The Narrows","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBY THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eTHE STREET\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith a new introduction by Kaitlyn Greenidge, author of \u003ci\u003eLibertie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Petry is the writer we have been waiting for . . . insightful, prescient and unputdownable'' TAYARI JONES \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A masterpiece'' \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A powerful and moving book . . . A book to watch'' \u003ci\u003eKIRKUS REVIEWS \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt''s past midnight, and thick fog rolls in from the river like smoke. Link Williams is standing on the dock when he hears quick footsteps approaching, and the gasp of a woman too terrified to scream. After chasing off her pursuer, he takes the woman to a nearby bar to calm her nerves, and as they enter, it''s as if the oxygen has left the room: in the dim light, they can see that he''s Black and she''s white.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLink is a brilliant Dartmouth graduate, who, because of the lack of opportunities available to him, tends bar; Camilo is a wealthy, married heiress who has cross\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer work endures not merely because of the strength of its message but its artistry . . . Petry will \u003ci\u003ealways\u003c\/i\u003e feel on time. Her kind of talent will always feel startling and sui generis: The music of her sentences, and their discipline; her unerring sense of psychology; the fullness with which she endows each character, which must be understood as a kind of love; the plots that commandeer whole hours and days . . . Her work endures not only because it illuminates reality, but because it harnesses the power of fiction to supplant it * New York Times *\u003cbr\u003ePetry is the writer we have been waiting for, hers are the stories we need to fully illuminate the questions of our moment, while also offering a page-turning good time. Ann Petry, the woman, had it all, and so does her insightful, prescient and unputdownable prose . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Narrows\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of a doomed interracial romance that proves that passion and prejudice are not mutually exclusive\u003cbr\u003eAnn Petry's novels \u003ci\u003eThe Street\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Narrows\u003c\/i\u003e are masterpieces of social realism - volatile but exacting, heartbreaking but often brutally funny . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Narrows\u003c\/i\u003e is capacious, elliptical and immersive. Slowly and comprehensively, it envelops you . . . The scenes seethe with rage, and yet the book's sheer profusion makes it feel joyous and celebratory * Wall Street Journal *\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003epowerful and moving\u003c\/b\u003e book, dealing with an almost proscribed subject . . . A book to watch * Kirkus Reviews *\u003cbr\u003eMainly about human beings, and the messes we sometimes make of our own lives * Yale Review *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733640163671,"sku":"9780349013404","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780349013404.jpg?v=1720000977","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-narrows-9780349013404","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}