The next TSS Book Club book is “Call It Sleep” by Henry Roth. This is an older novel, available in paperback, about the Jewish immigrant experience in the tenements of NYC. It comes highly recommended, and receives 4.2 stars on Amazon. The next book club will be on Thursday, March 13, at 7:00 PM, at Andrea Bastian’s house.
About the book:
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.
Book Review:
“Arguably the most distinguished work of fiction ever written about immigrant life…Surely the most lyrically authentic novel in American literature about a young boy’s coming to consciousness.” –Lis Harris, The New Yorker