Call It Sleep: Jewish, American, modernist, classic

• Published in: Judaism Vol. 44; no. 4; pp. 388 - 398
• Main Author: Wirth-Nesher, Hana
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York American Jewish Congress 22.09.1995
• Subjects: Bibliography; Biography; British & Irish literature; Irish literature; Jews, American; Joyce, James (1882-1941); Judaism; Literary criticism; Literature; Novels; Roth, Henry; Sleep; Writers; New York; United States > US

Henry Roth's novel "Call It Sleep" made a miraculous comeback after years of being out of print. The novel shows the internal struggle for self-definition of a Jewish boy enacted through a battle of languages.