Down These Mean Streets by Piri Thomas

Down These Mean Streets

Piri Thomas

352 pages first pub 1967 (editions) user-added

nonfiction biography memoir emotional reflective slow-paced

Description

Thirty years ago Piri Thomas made literary history with this lacerating, lyrical memoir of his coming of age on the streets of Spanish Harlem. Here was the testament of a born outsider: a Puerto Rican in English-speaking America; a dark-skinned mo...

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Moods

dark 100%
emotional 80%
reflective 80%
challenging 40%
tense 40%
sad 30%
inspiring 20%
adventurous 10%
funny 10%
hopeful 10%
informative 10%

Pace

medium 50%
slow 30%
fast 20%

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3.94

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