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Call it Sleep

Henry Roth author Alfred Kazin editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd

Published:5th Oct '06

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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.

ISBN: 9780141188652

Dimensions: 197mm x 128mm x 26mm

Weight: 336g

464 pages