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Call It Sleep Henry Roth Robert O. Ballou
Fiction
Historical Fiction
Coming-of-age
1934 First Edition
USD$1,400

Description

New York: Robert O. Ballou, 1934. First Edition. Good. First edition, first printing. Good, lacking the dust jacket. Cloth soiled, lightly scuffed, rubbed at the corners, faded at spine. Front hinge slightly started at bottom. Pages lightly toned, but unmarked. The American and Jewish literary classic, which was nearly forgotten shortly after publication, to be revived some thirty years later after receiving a front page review in The New York Times Book Review.

About Call It Sleep

Call It Sleep is a novel by Henry Roth that tells the story of a young Jewish boy growing up in the immigrant slums of New York City during the early 20th century. The narrative explores themes of identity, assimilation, and the struggle to find a sense of belonging.