Synopsis
The author presents a candid portrayal of Jewish life in the immigrant tenements of New York
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Review
'A great novel of immigrant life' -- Guardian
'One of the few genuinely distinguished novels written by a
twentieth-century American' -- The New York Times
'Surely the most lyrically authentic novel in American literature
about a young boy's coming to consciousness'
-- New Yorker
About the Author
Henry Roth (1906-1995) was born in the Austro-Hungarian province of Galitzia. He probably landed on Elis Island in 1909, and began his life in New York on the Lower East Side, in the slums where Call It Sleep is set. He is the author as well of Shifting Landscapes, a collection of essays, and the Mercy of a Rude Stream tetralogy.
Alfred Kazin (1915-98), was an American critic. His first book, On Native Grounds (1942), is a critical study of American prose literature from Howells to Faulkner. Later essay collections include The Inmost Leaf (1955), Contemporaries (1962), Bright Book of Life (1973), An American Procession (1984), Writing Was Everything (1995), and God & the American Writer (1997).
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Call It Sleep
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ISBN 10: 0374118191
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Thus. First Thus w/new Introduction by Alfred Kazin. Hard cover 8vo. Near Fine w/.owner label front endpaper, else Fine and unmarked book in Near Fine lightly wrinkled unclipped DJ, now in clear protective cover. INSCRIBED, SIGNED AND DATED IN YEAR OF PUBLICATION BY AUTHOR on 1/2 title page. 462pp inc. Afterword. 462 p. Inscribed, Signed and Dated in Year of Publication. Book. Seller Inventory # 046122
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Call it Sleep
Published by
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ISBN 10: 0374118191
ISBN 13: 9780374118198
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st, This Ed. 462pp.; HB quarter-bound; maroon &blk.w/gilt; rub,bttm.corner; label scuff,ft.pastedwn.; clean,tight pgs. DJ blk.w/white spine-photocover. "Arguably the most distinguished work of fiction ever written about immigrant life." intro.by Alfred Kazin, afterword by Hana Wirth-Nesher. signed&inscribed by Roth. Signed & Inscribed By Author. Seller Inventory # 055426