{"product_id":"requiem-for-harlem","title":"Requiem For Harlem","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A landmark of the American literary century' \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSixty years after the publication of his great modernist masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eCall It Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e, Henry Roth returned with \u003ci\u003eMercy of a Rude Stream\u003c\/i\u003e - a sequence of four internationally-acclaimed epic novels of immigrant life in early-twentieth century New York.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIra Stigman's polarised life has never been more difficult. On one side is Edith Welles, his supporter, friend and lover; she believes in him. On the other is his shameful immigrant origins, his poverty, his family with their arguments and lack of sophistication. Then there is his incestuous relations with his sister and his cousin, who may be pregnant. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This fourth and final volume, published posthumously, brings to a close one of America's most extraordinary literary odysseys.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eThe literary comeback of the century' \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'As unquenchably vibrant with life as the immigrants whose existence it commemorates' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'A dynamic and moving event . . . a stirring portrait of a vanished culture . . . a poignant chapter in the life-drama of a unique American writer' \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Although it is sixty years since a new novel by Mr Roth last hit the bookshelves, it has been worth the wait' \u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Fresh and touching' \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'A precision of detail which brings the sounds from the tenements, the heat of the sidewalk steaming off the pages' \u003ci\u003eSunday Express\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'A meticulous evocation of a now-distant episode of the American experience' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Mercy of a Rude Stream: The Complete Novels\u003c\/i\u003e includes \u003cbr\u003e 1) \u003ci\u003eA Star Shines Over Mt. Morris Park\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2) \u003ci\u003eA Diving Rock on the Hudson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3) \u003ci\u003eFrom Bondage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4) \u003ci\u003eRequiem for Harlem\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orion Publishing Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":54252787302744,"sku":"9780753806876","price":15.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780753806876__6774834648931.jpg?v=1741134494","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/requiem-for-harlem","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}