| Bread Givers Contributor(s): Yezierska, Anzia (Author), Kessler-Harris, Alice (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0892553723 ISBN-13: 9780892553723 Publisher: Persea Books OUR PRICE: $35.15 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2003 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Jewish - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.7" W x 8.6" (1.25 lbs) 368 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This masterwork of American immigrant literature is set in the 1920s on the Lower East Side of Manhattan and tells the story of Sara Smolinsky, the youngest daughter of an Orthodox rabbi, who rebels against her father's rigid conception of Jewish womanhood. Sarah's struggle towards independence and self-fulfillment resonates with a passion all can share. Beautifully redesigned page for page with the previous editions, Bread Givers is an essential historical work with enduring relevance. |
Contributor Bio(s): Yezierska, Anzia: - Anzia Yezierska (1882-1970) was born in Poland and came to the Lower East Side of New York with her family in 1890 when she was nine years old. By the 1920s she had risen out of poverty and become a successful writer of stories, novels--all autobiographical--and an autobiography, Red Ribbon on a White Horse (Persea). Her novel Bread Givers (Persea) is considered a classic of Jewish American fiction. Her acclaimed books also include How I Found America: Collected Stories and The Open Cage. She died in 1970. |