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When Henry Roth published Call It Sleep , his first novel, in 1934, it was greeted with critical acclaim. But in that dark Depression year, books were hard to sell, and the novel quickly dropped out of sight, as did its twenty-eight-year-old author. Only with its paperback publication in 1964 did the novel receive the recognition it deserves. Call It Sleep was the first paperback ever to be reviewed on the front page of The New York Times Book Review , and it proceeded to sell millions of copies both in the United States and around the world. 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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Chiamalo sonno, Henry Roth, Mario Materassi
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- Released
- 1986
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- Title
- Chiamalo sonno
- Language
- Italian
- Authors
- Henry Roth, Mario Materassi
- Publisher
- Garzanti
- Released
- 1986
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 520
- ISBN10
- 8811662931
- ISBN13
- 9788811662938
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Themes, Religion & Spirituality, Religion, Classics, USA, American Literature, Jews, New York, Jewish Literature, Childhood, Judaism, Poverty, Migration, Immigrants
- Original title
- Call it sleep
- Rating
- 3.8 out of 5
- Description
- When Henry Roth published Call It Sleep , his first novel, in 1934, it was greeted with critical acclaim. But in that dark Depression year, books were hard to sell, and the novel quickly dropped out of sight, as did its twenty-eight-year-old author. Only with its paperback publication in 1964 did the novel receive the recognition it deserves. Call It Sleep was the first paperback ever to be reviewed on the front page of The New York Times Book Review , and it proceeded to sell millions of copies both in the United States and around the world. Call It Sleep is the magnificent story of David Schearl, the “dangerously imaginative” child coming of age in the slums of New York.