The Boston Globe, January 5th, 1988
SHIFTING LANDSCAPE. A Composite, 1925-1987, by Henry Roth; edited with an introduction by Mario Materassi. Jewish Publication Society. 301 pp. $19.95. In 1934 Henry Roth, still in his 20s, wrote "Call It Sleep," perhaps the most astonishing first novel ever written by an American. More than two decades later, two prominent critics drew attention to the book in a symposium about neglected American literature. The novel was republished in 1960, and it has since sold more than a million copies; it remains in print. "Call It Sleep" remains the classic artistic expression of the experience of immig...
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