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Her First American
A classic novel of the immigrant experience
"Lore Segal may have come closer than anyone to writing the Great American Novel." --The New York Times Book Review She's Ilka Weissnix, a young Jewish refugee from Hitler's Europe, newly arrived in the United States. He's Carter Bayoux, her first American: a middle-aged, hard-drinking Black intellectual. Lore Segal's brilliant novel is the story of their love affair--one of the funniest and saddest in modern fiction.
"Lore Segal may have come closer than anyone to writing the Great American Novel." --The New York Times Book Review She's Ilka Weissnix, a young Jewish refugee from Hitler's Europe, newly arrived in the United States. He's Carter Bayoux, her first American: a middle-aged, hard-drinking Black intellectual. Lore Segal's brilliant novel is the story of their love affair--one of the funniest and saddest in modern fiction.
Book Details
- Publisher: New Press
- Publish Date: Nov 30th, 2004
- Pages: 304
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.08in - 5.28in - 0.80in - 0.76lb
- EAN: 9781565849495
- Categories: • Literary• Historical - 20th Century - World War II & Holocaust• Family Life - General
About the Author
Segal, Lore: - Lore Segal (1928-2024) was born in Vienna and educated at the University of London. The author of Other People's Houses, Her First American, and Shakespeare's Kitchen (all published by The New Press) and other works, she was a regular contributor to The New Yorker, The New York Times Book Review, The New Republic, and other publications.
Praise for this book
Lore Segal may have come closer than anyone to writing the Great American Novel.