The Street is a collection of short stories by Mordecai Richler. It was originally published by McClelland and Stewart in 1969. The stories take place on Saint Urbain Street in Montreal.

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Film adaptation

In 1976, the title story The Street was adapted as an animated short by the National Film Board of Canada. Directed by Caroline Leaf, the film was nominated for an Academy Award for Animated Short Film.

Television adaptations

In 1979, CBC aired an award-winning (1980 Genie Awards) television movie The Wordsmith, adapted by Mordecai Richler from several stories in his book. The film was directed by Claude Jutra, and starred Saul Rubinek and Janet Ward. "Bambinger" was adapted by Atlantis Films as one of the first episodes of the Global Playhouse anthology television series.