Henry Roth
Explore Henry Roth's powerful fiction, from the modernist classic *Call It Sleep* to *Requiem for Harlem*. Discover essential books by this influential author.
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Call It Sleep
by Henry Roth
When 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.
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A Diving Rock on the Hudson: A Novel (Roth, Henry. Mercy of a Rude Stream.)
by Roth, Henry
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Requiem for Harlem
by Henry Roth
In the concluding book in this extraordinary, four-volume spiritual and literary odyssey, Roth tells the psychologically lacerating story of Ira Stigman, a senior at City College, who falls in love with Edith Welles, NYU professor and muse of modern poets.