Anzia Yezierska
Anzia Yezierska wrote burning fiction about Jewish immigrant women struggling for freedom and identity in New York's Lower East Side. Bread Givers is her masterpiece, a semiautobiographical novel of generational conflict.
Works
- Bread GiversNovel of a young woman escaping her father's tyranny to build an independent life in America
- Hungry HeartsStory collection portraying the dreams and struggles of Jewish immigrants in New York
- Salome of the TenementsNovel of a young immigrant woman navigating love, poverty, and social climbing in New York
- Arrogant BeggarNovel depicting a woman's struggle against family expectations and social prejudice
- Red Ribbon on a White HorseMemoir of the author's life among bohemians and her journey from poverty to recognition