An American Type: A Novel

An American Type: A Novel

by HenryRoth (Author), WillingDavidson (Author)

Synopsis

This glorious, evocative, literary novel for the ages (Los Angeles Times) has finally taken its place within the great canon of American fiction. Set during the Great Depression, against a backdrop of New York's glimmering skyscrapers and Los Angeles's seedy motor courts, this autobiographical work concludes the unparalleled saga of Henry Roth, whose classic Call It Sleep, published in 1934, went on to become one of Time's 100 best American novels of the twentieth century. With echoes of Nathanael West and John Steinbeck, An American Type is a heartrending statement about American identity and the universal transcendence of love.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 273
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co.
Published: 26 Aug 2011

ISBN 10: 0393339920
ISBN 13: 9780393339925

Media Reviews
A passionate, life-embracing conclusion to Roth's bold and cathartic magnum opus. -- Donna Seaman - Booklist, starred review
An absorbing Depression-era love story, but what gives it special interest is the light it sheds on Roth's lost years. -- Steven G. Kellman - Bookforum
Author Bio
Henry Roth (1906-1995) spent his early years on Manhattan's Lower East Side. In 1914, the Roth family moved to Jewish Harlem. Roth died in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Willing Davidson is a fiction editor at The New Yorker.