Henry Roth's literary reputation rests entirely and securely upon Call It Sleep (1934). The single novel is so emotionally moving and so artistically elegant that it has made Roth an important literary figure, even though he has never completed another n...

Call It Sleep - Henry Roth - 1934 Introduction Henry Roth's 1934 novel Call It Sleep is based loosely on the author's own experiences growing up as a Jewish American in New York City during the early 1900s. In the novel, David Schearl is a...

Call It Sleep is a 1934 novel by Henry Roth. Time Magazine described it as "The story of three years in the life of a sensitive Jewish slum-child, told with painstaking and pain-giving fidelity," in the February 25, 1935 edition. Recently, Time listed...

IF I AM OUT OF MY mind, it's all right with me, thought Moses Herzog." If I read that sentence one more time, I will go out of my mind, thought Richard Cohen. This is the 8th, 9th, 10th time I have opened...

THE first new drug in 40 years for the treatment of African sleeping sickness has been approved for general use by America's Food and Drug Administration and the World Health Organisation. Ornidyl, made by an American pharmaceutical company, Marion Merrell Dow, has been...

In the following essay, Adams analyzes the importance of sound as a signifier of power in Roth's Call It Sleep.

In the following essay, Wirth-Neshner discusses Roth's use of language in Call It Sleep and how the author uses multilingualism to portray David Schearl's experience as an immigrant in America.

In the following interview, Roth discusses the mystical element in Call It Sleep, and describes his relationship to Israel.