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"Bread Givers" a three-volume novel of a Jewish-American female coming-of-age story set in the 1920s written by Anzia Yezierska. A struggle between a father of the Old World and a daughter of the New. This masterwork of American immigrant literature is set in the 1920s on the Lower East Side of Manhattan and tells the story of Sara Smolinsky, the youngest daughter of an Orthodox rabbi, who rebels against her father's rigid conception of Jewish womanhood. Sarah's struggle towards independence and self-fulfillment resonates with a passion all can share. All three volumes included in this one book. Having immigrated with her family from Eastern Europe, Anzia Yezierska (1880-1970) chronicled the hunger of her generation of newly arrived Jewish Americans around the turn of the century. Her novels, short stories, and autobiographical writing vividly depict both the literal hunger of poverty and the metaphoric hunger for security, education, companionship, home, and meaning?in short, for the American dream. Hardcover has black cloth boards with gold letting & designs on spine and front, but no DJ. Seldom read and carefully shelved, corners are square with minor sun fade on spine. Interior is tight, clean and unmarked. Owner address sticker and price marking on front paste-down. Copyright 1925. Stated First Edition. Printed in U.S.A. Printing not specified, but 1925 on front of title page means this copy printed in 1925. 1st printing assumed. Not from the autographed 500 limited edition. No ISBN, LCCN nor MSR. Seller Inventory # 007484
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Bibliographic Details
Title: BREAD GIVERS: A novel
Publisher: Doubleday, Page & Company, Garden City Park, NY U.S.A.
Publication Date: 1925
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Signed: Prior Owner Name No Value
Edition: 1st Edition
