| Hungry Hearts Contributor(s): Yezierska, Anzia (Author), Gelfant, Blanche H. (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0141180056 ISBN-13: 9780141180052 Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr OUR PRICE: $20.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1997 Annotation: In stories that draw heavily on her own life, Anzia Yezierska (1880-1970) portrays the immigrant's struggle to become a "real" American. Set mostly on New York's Lower East Side, the stories brilliantly evoke crowded streets, shabby tenements, poverty, and ethnic prejudice. These stories are still relevant today, except the ethnic backgrounds are Latino and Asian. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 96049855 |
| Series: Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.08" W x 7.76" (0.39 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In stories that draw heavily on her own life, Anzia Yezierska portrays the immigrant's struggle to become a real American, in such stories as Yekl, Hunger, The Fat of the Land, and How I Found America. Set mostly in New York's Lower East Side, the stories brilliantly evoke the oppressive atmosphere of crowded streets and shabby tenements and lay bare the despair of families trapped in unspeakable poverty, working at demeaning jobs, and coping with the barely hidden prejudices of their new land. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |