{"product_id":"requiem-for-harlem-9780753806876","title":"Requiem For Harlem","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The Ur-novel at the heart of American literature - a towering achievement' Junot Diaz 'Henry Roth has only two peers in American-English Jewish fiction, Nathanael West and Philip Roth' Harold Bloom The fourth novel in the internationally-acclaimed epic telling of immigrant life in early-twentieth century New York, MERCY OF A RUDE STREAM\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Ur-novel at the heart of American literature - \u003ci\u003eMercy of a Rude Stream \u003c\/i\u003eis a towering achievement -- Junot Diaz\u003cbr\u003eHenry Roth has only two peers in American-English Jewish fiction, Nathanael West and Philip Roth -- Harold Bloom\u003cbr\u003eThe literary comeback of the century * Vanity Fair *\u003cbr\u003eA masterpiece ... It is not remotely like anything else in American literature.... It is this pitiless examination of a writer grappling with his demons, at the highest reaches of his intellectual capacity, that gives \u003ci\u003eMercy of a Rude Stream\u003c\/i\u003e its ferocious passion.... It is the exhilaration felt by a man who has cast off six decades of self-repression and finally feels himself free * The New York Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003eRoth creates his own \u003ci\u003ePortrait of the Artist as a Young Man\u003c\/i\u003e--a marvelously poetic chronicle * Chicago Sun-Times *\u003cbr\u003eMr. Roth's innovative use of language is both beautiful and highly realistic ... Although there is no style called Rothian, there should be * New York Times Book Review *\u003cbr\u003eThis novel is as unquenchably vibrant with life as the immigrants whose existence it commemorates * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003eA genuine publishing event ... unbeatable in [its] drama, tension and feeling * Literary Review *","brand":"Orion Publishing Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47836543615319,"sku":"9780753806876","price":7.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780753806876.jpg?v=1710378457","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/requiem-for-harlem-9780753806876","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}