"Arguably the most distinguished work of fiction ever written about immigrant life." -- The New Yorker

With an Introduction by Alfred Kazinand and Afterword by Hana Wirth-Nesher

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.

"One of the few genuinely distinguished novels written by a twentieth-century American." -- The New York Times Book Review

"Roth has done for the East Side Jew what James T. Farrell is doing for the Chicago Irish in the Studs Lonigan trilogy... When his characters are speaking pure Yiddish, Roth translates it into great beauty... The final chapters in the book have been compared to the Nighttown episodes of Joyce's Ulysses; the comparison is apt." -- The New York Times

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• Publication Date: October 22, 2013
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