Call It Sleep by Henry Roth

462 pages first pub 2001 (editions)

fiction challenging informative medium-paced

Description

When Henry Roth published Call It Sleep, his first novel, in 1934, it was greeted with critical acclaim. But in that dark Depression year, books were hard to sell, and the novel quickly dropped out of sight, as did its twenty-eight-year-old author...

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Moods

challenging 62%
dark 62%
reflective 50%
tense 50%
emotional 37%
sad 37%
adventurous 12%
hopeful 12%
mysterious 12%

Pace

slow 62%
medium 37%

Average rating

3.58

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