Henry Roth
Henry Roth's Call It Sleep is a modernist masterpiece about Jewish immigrant childhood on the Lower East Side, written when Roth was in his twenties and then lost for three decades before its resurrection as a classic. He published little else until his final years.
Works
- Call It SleepNovel of a Jewish boy's childhood in New York City struggling between two worlds
- Mercy of a Rude StreamNovel following a Jewish man's recollection of childhood and immigration experiences
- A Star Shines Over Mt. Morris Park
- A Diving Rock on the HudsonAutobiographical novel exploring memory and immigrant family life in urban America