Call It Sleep
of Henry Roth, Alfred Kazin (Introduction), Hana Wirth-Nesher (Afterword)
Description
When Henry Roth published Call It Sleep, his first novel, in 1934, it was greeted with critical acclaim. But in that dark Depression year, books were hard to sell, and the novel quickly dropped out of sight, as did its twenty-eight-year-old author. Only with its paperback publication in 1964 did the novel receive the recognition it deserves. Call It Sleep was the first paperback ever to be reviewed on the front page of The New York Times Book Review, and it proceeded to sell millions of copies both in the United States and around the world. Call It Sleep is the magnificent story of David Schearl, the âdangerously imaginativeâ child coming of age in the slums of New York.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 462 pages
- Publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Publication Date 1994
- First Publication 10/28/34
- Language English
- ISBN 9780374522926
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
- Scenario ['Lower East Side, New York City, New York (United States)', 'East Village, New York City, New York (United States)']
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