{"product_id":"2026200010995-secondhand-call-it-sleep","title":"Call It Sleep","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA landmark of American literature, Call It Sleep chronicles the turbulent childhood of David Schearl, a young Jewish immigrant navigating the teeming, chaotic streets of New York's Lower East Side in the early twentieth century. Through David's hyper-sensitive consciousness, Henry Roth presents a vivid portrait of the immigrant experience — the clash of the Old World and the New, of Yiddish domesticity and the brutal English-speaking street. Written with an extraordinary stream-of-consciousness style that drew comparisons to James Joyce, the novel captures the terror, wonder, and confusion of a child struggling to make sense of a world defined by poverty, family tension, and cultural displacement. First published in 1934 and rediscovered in the 1960s to widespread critical acclaim, it stands as one of the most powerful and enduring works of twentieth-century American fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48956123447515,"sku":"2026200010995-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/dbbe4ea0-4ef2-419d-a9c9-488909f6b238.png?v=1783498018","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200010995-secondhand-call-it-sleep","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}