by Henry Roth · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782246160724
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«L'or de la terre promise» is the novel by Henry Roth published by Grasset in paperback, with 453 pages, in French.
The novel follows David Schearl, a Jewish boy who arrives in New York with his parents, immigrants from Central Europe, and grows up in the poor neighborhoods of the city. Between a protective mother and a violent father, David encounters misery and cruelty; the narrative blends raw realism with a dreamlike atmosphere.
Translation from English by Lisa Rosenbaum. The work was originally published in the United States in 1938 with the title «Call It Sleep»; this French-language edition is from 1989.
A classic of 20th-century American literature, for readers of novels about immigration and urban life.
Henry Roth was an American novelist and short story writer who found success later in life after his 1934 novel Call It Sleep was reissued in paperback in 1964.
