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A boy contemplates suicide from a diving rock on the Hudson River after being expelled from school for stealing. Ira Stigman has squandered years of sacrifice by his parents, poor Jewish immigrants. Instead of ending his life, however, he decides to start anew, enrolls in another school and goes to university. The setting is New York in the 1920s
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A Diving Rock on the Hudson, Henry Roth
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- Released
- 1995
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- Title
- A Diving Rock on the Hudson
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Henry Roth
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Released
- 1995
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 418
- ISBN10
- 0312117779
- ISBN13
- 9780312117771
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, USA, Coming Of Age, Jews, New York, Jewish Literature
- Rating
- 4.2 out of 5
- Description
- A boy contemplates suicide from a diving rock on the Hudson River after being expelled from school for stealing. Ira Stigman has squandered years of sacrifice by his parents, poor Jewish immigrants. Instead of ending his life, however, he decides to start anew, enrolls in another school and goes to university. The setting is New York in the 1920s