{"product_id":"hungry-hearts-paperback-1","title":"Hungry Hearts - 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\u003eAnzia Yezierska\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBlanche H. Gelfant\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn stories that draw heavily on her own life, Anzia Yezierska portrays the immigrant's struggle to become a \"real\" American, in such stories as \"Yekl,\" \"Hunger,\" \"The Fat of the Land,\" and \"How I Found America.\" Set mostly in New York's Lower East Side, the stories brilliantly evoke the oppressive atmosphere of crowded streets and shabby tenements and lay bare the despair of families trapped in unspeakable poverty, working at demeaning jobs, and coping with the barely hidden prejudices of their new land. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnzia Yezierska\u003c\/b\u003e (1882-1970) was born in Poland and came to the Lower East Side of New York with her family in 1890 when she was nine years old. By the 1920s she had risen out of poverty and become a successful writer of stories, novels; all autobiographical; and an autobiography, \u003ci\u003eRed Ribbon on a White Horse\u003c\/i\u003e. Her novel \u003ci\u003eBread Givers\u003c\/i\u003e is considered a classic of Jewish American fiction. Her acclaimed books also include \u003ci\u003eHow I Found America: Collected Stories\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Open Cage\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBlanche H. Gelfant\u003c\/b\u003e is a scholar and critic of 20th century American literature. Gelfant is the recipient of the Jay B. Hubbell Medal for lifetime achievement in American literary scholarship. Her books range from \u003ci\u003eCross-Cultural Reckonings: A Triptych of Russian, American, and Canadian Texts\u003c\/i\u003e, to \u003ci\u003eWomen Writing in America: Voices in Collage, \u003c\/i\u003e and the pioneering study \u003ci\u003eThe American City Novel. \u003c\/i\u003e She is the Robert E. Maxwell Professor of Arts and Sciences and Professor of English Emerita at Dartmouth College.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.76 x 5.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 1997\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52551888568627,"sku":"9780141180052","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/PdO8gGMKgI9780141180052.webp?v=1761101582","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/hungry-hearts-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}