Her First American: A Novel

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Synopsis
Hailed by the New York Times as coming &“closer than anyone to writing The Great American Novel,&” Lore Segal stuns with this passionate love story of a refugee from Hitler&’s Europe and a witty, hard-drinking black intellectual For Ilka Weissnix, everything is new. Having recently arrived in the United States, she is determined to escape the immigrant communities of New York and boards a train headed west to discover &“the real America.&” She finds Carter Bayoux &“sitting on a stool in a bar in the desert, across from the railroad.&”Older, portly, experienced, and black, Carter is magnetic. To Ilka, he exemplifies the values and cultures of a changing America. In order to understand her new country and her new love, Ilka throws herself into Carter&’s dizzying world, nurses him through his bouts of depression and his alcoholism, and becomes fascinated by stories of his amorous past. But Carter&’s ghosts are ever present, and soon Ilka finds herself torn between saving him and saving her own future.With a foreword by Stanley Crouch, Her First American is the poignant story of an immigrant experience in a country of endless possibilities and of a rich and breathtaking love that is doomed from the start.
Copyright:
1928

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
296 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781497655003
Publisher:
Open Road Media
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Lore Segal, Stanley Crouch
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Romance, Literature and Fiction, Religion and Spirituality
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Foreword by:
Stanley Crouch

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