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'A landmark of the American literary century' Boston Globe Sixty
years after the publication of his great modernist masterpiece,
Call It Sleep, Henry Roth returned with Mercy of a Rude Stream - a
sequence of four internationally-acclaimed epic novels of immigrant
life in early-twentieth century New York. Written in the last year
of Roth's life, this is the impassioned story of a young man's love
affair with literature, and with his teacher. As Ira Stigman turns
from his incestuous childhood affairs, he finds himself competing
with his best friend for the attention of their literature
professor. FROM BONDAGE is the the moving culmination of a great
writer's life. 'The literary comeback of the century' Vanity Fair
'As unquenchably vibrant with life as the immigrants whose
existence it commemorates' Sunday Times 'A dynamic and moving event
. . . a stirring portrait of a vanished culture . . . a poignant
chapter in the life-drama of a unique American writer' Newsweek
'Although it is sixty years since a new novel by Mr Roth last hit
the bookshelves, it has been worth the wait' The Economist 'Fresh
and touching' Wall Street Journal 'A precision of detail which
brings the sounds from the tenements, the heat of the sidewalk
steaming off the pages' Sunday Express 'A meticulous evocation of a
now-distant episode of the American experience' New York Times Book
Review Mercy of a Rude Stream: The Complete Novels includes 1) A
Star Shines Over Mt. Morris Park 2) A Diving Rock on the Hudson 3)
From Bondage 4) Requiem for Harlem.
'A landmark of the American literary century' Boston Globe Sixty
years after the publication of his great modernist masterpiece,
Call It Sleep, Henry Roth returned with Mercy of a Rude Stream - a
sequence of four internationally-acclaimed epic novels of immigrant
life in early-twentieth century New York. Ira Stigman's polarised
life has never been more difficult. On one side is Edith Welles,
his supporter, friend and lover; she believes in him. On the other
is his shameful immigrant origins, his poverty, his family with
their arguments and lack of sophistication. Then there is his
incestuous relations with his sister and his cousin, who may be
pregnant. This fourth and final volume, published posthumously,
brings to a close one of America's most extraordinary literary
odysseys. 'The literary comeback of the century' Vanity Fair 'As
unquenchably vibrant with life as the immigrants whose existence it
commemorates' Sunday Times 'A dynamic and moving event . . . a
stirring portrait of a vanished culture . . . a poignant chapter in
the life-drama of a unique American writer' Newsweek 'Although it
is sixty years since a new novel by Mr Roth last hit the
bookshelves, it has been worth the wait' The Economist 'Fresh and
touching' Wall Street Journal 'A precision of detail which brings
the sounds from the tenements, the heat of the sidewalk steaming
off the pages' Sunday Express 'A meticulous evocation of a
now-distant episode of the American experience' New York Times Book
Review Mercy of a Rude Stream: The Complete Novels includes 1) A
Star Shines Over Mt. Morris Park 2) A Diving Rock on the Hudson 3)
From Bondage 4) Requiem for Harlem.
'A landmark of the American literary century' Boston Globe Sixty
years after the publication of his great modernist masterpiece,
Call It Sleep, Henry Roth returned with Mercy of a Rude Stream - a
sequence of four internationally-acclaimed epic novels of immigrant
life in early-twentieth century New York. The second novel in the
internationally acclaimed six-volume sequence which began with
MERCY OF A RUDE STREAM. Ira Stigman, now an adolescent in 1920s New
York, is on the rack. All his friends seem to be paragons of
achievement and sophistication, while his own life bears the taint
of an impoverished immigrant background. Work on the trolleycars
and selling soda at Yankee Stadium introduces him to an underworld
of corruption and petty thieving, and all his choices seem to be
the wrong ones. Worst of all, within his own family exists a
temptation so dark that it has corroded Ira's very soul. A DIVING
ROCK ON THE HUDSON is fearless in its depiction of a young man in
the lower depths, yet in its glimpses of redemption it offers hope
with the power of literature as a force for comprehension and
forgiveness. 'The literary comeback of the century' Vanity Fair 'As
unquenchably vibrant with life as the immigrants whose existence it
commemorates' Sunday Times 'A dynamic and moving event . . . a
stirring portrait of a vanished culture . . . a poignant chapter in
the life-drama of a unique American writer' Newsweek 'Although it
is sixty years since a new novel by Mr Roth last hit the
bookshelves, it has been worth the wait' The Economist 'Fresh and
touching' Wall Street Journal 'A precision of detail which brings
the sounds from the tenements, the heat of the sidewalk steaming
off the pages' Sunday Express 'A meticulous evocation of a
now-distant episode of the American experience' New York Times Book
Review Mercy of a Rude Stream: The Complete Novels includes 1) A
Star Shines Over Mt. Morris Park 2) A Diving Rock on the Hudson 3)
From Bondage 4) Requiem for Harlem.
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Myrtle Baldwin (Paperback)
Charles Clark Munn; Illustrated by Henry Roth
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R1,200
Discovery Miles 12 000
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This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such
as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.
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Myrtle Baldwin (Paperback)
Charles Clark Munn; Illustrated by Henry Roth
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R1,215
Discovery Miles 12 150
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
When Henry Roth published his debut novel Call It Sleep in 1934, it
was greeted with considerable critical acclaim though, in those
troubled times, lackluster sales. Only with its paperback
publication thirty years later did this novel receive the
recognition it deserves----and still enjoys. Having sold-to-date
millions of copies worldwide, " Call It Sleep" is the magnificent
story of David Schearl, the "dangerously imaginative" child coming
of age in the slums of New York.
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Call it Sleep (Paperback)
Henry Roth; Introduction by Alfred Kazin
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R379
R310
Discovery Miles 3 100
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David Schearl arrives in New York in his mother's arms to begin his
new life as an immigrant in the 'Golden Land'. David is hated by
his father - an angry, violent man unable to find his niche in the
New World - but is fiercely loved and protected by his
Yiddish-speaking mother. An innovative, multi-lingual novel, Call
It Sleep subtly interweaves the overwhelming love between a mother
and son with the terrors and anxieties David experiences, as he
seeks to find his own identity amidst the cultural disarray of
early twentieth-century America.
This "glorious, evocative, literary novel for the ages" (Los
Angeles Times) has finally taken its place within the great canon
of American fiction. Set during the Great Depression, against a
backdrop of New York's glimmering skyscrapers and Los Angeles's
seedy motor courts, this autobiographical work concludes the
unparalleled saga of Henry Roth, whose classic Call It Sleep,
published in 1934, went on to become one of Time's 100 best
American novels of the twentieth century. With echoes of Nathanael
West and John Steinbeck, An American Type is a heartrending
statement about American identity and the universal transcendence
of love.
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