{"product_id":"call-it-sleep-paperback","title":"Call It Sleep - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHenry Roth\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAlfred Kazin\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen 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, \u003ci\u003e Call It Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e is the magnificent story of David Schearl, the dangerously imaginative child coming of age in the slums of New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the few genuinely distinguished novels written by a twentieth-century American.---Irving Howe, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e (front page) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eArguably the most distinguished work of fiction ever written about immigrant life...Surely the most lyrically authentic novel in American literature about a young boy's coming to consciousness ---Lis Harris, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRoth has done for the East Side Jew what James T. Farrell is doing for the Chicago Irish in the Studs Lonigan trilogy.... When his characters are speaking pure Yiddish, Roth translates it into great beauty.... The final chapters in the book have been compared to the Nighttown episodes of Joyce's Ulysses; the comparison is apt.---John Chamberlain, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere has appeared in America no novel to rival the veracity of this childhood. It is as honest as Dreiser's Dawn, but far more sensitive and ably written. It is as brilliant as Joyce's Portrait of the Artist, but with a wider scope, a richer emotion, a deeper realism.---Alfred Hayes, author of \u003ci\u003eAll Thy Conquests\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor sheer virtuosity, \u003ci\u003eCall It Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e is hard to beat; no one has ever distilled such poetry and wit from the counterpoint between the maimed English and the subtle Yiddish of the immigrant. No one has reproduced so sensitively the terror of family life in the imagination of a child caught between two cultures.---Leslie A. Fiedler, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Life and Death of the Great American Novel\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHenry Roth (1906--1995) was born in the Austro-Hungarian province of Galitzia. He probably landed on Ellis Island in 1909, and began his life in New York on the Lower East Side in the slums where \u003ci\u003eCall It Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e is set. He is the author as well of \u003ci\u003eShifting Landscapes\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of essays, and the\u003ci\u003e Mercy of a Rude Stream\u003c\/i\u003e tetralogy.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenry Roth\u003c\/b\u003e (1906-1995) was born in the Austro- Hungarian province of Galitzia. He probably landed on Ellis Island in 1909 and began his life in New York on the Lower East Side, in the slums where \u003ci\u003eCall It Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e is set. He is the author as well of \u003ci\u003eShifting Landscapes\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of essays, and the M\u003ci\u003eercy of a Rude Stream\u003c\/i\u003e tetralogy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52519476035891,"sku":"9780312424121","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/NWhHZkYwYVhpVmN1Y3RmRFA0NHRuZz09.webp?v=1760500453","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/call-it-sleep-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}