From Bondage - Hardcover

Roth, Henry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0297818457 ISBN 13: 9780297818458

Publisher: St. Martin's Press, 1996

Synopsis

First UK Edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

About this title

Review

After the publication of his first novel, Call It Sleep, at the tender age of 28 in 1934, Henry Roth fell into a writer's block that lasted more than 40 years. He began writing again in the 1970s and Mercy of a Rude Stream, intended to be a six-volume series, is the result. A chronicle of the life of Ira Stigman, the first two volumes, A Star Shines Over Mt. Morris Park and A Diving Rock on the Hudson, were published in 1994 and 1995. Roth died in October of 1995, and the posthumously published From Bondage is the third in the series. Though the novel is full of observations and events from Roth's life, he was adamant before his death that this third volume was not autobiographical.

About the Author

Henry Roth died on October 13, 1995. His extraordinary literary legacy includes the classic Call It Sleep and six volumes of Mercy of a Rude Stream, all completed before his death. From Bondage is the third volume in this series, and follows A Diving Rock on the Hudson and A Star Shines over Mr. Morris Park, also published by Picador.

While still alive, Roth recieved two honorary doctorates, one from the University of New Mexico and one from the Hebrew Theological Institute in Cincinnati. Posthumously, he was honored by Hadassah Magazine with a special Harold U. Ribalow Prize for Distinguished Literary Achievement. He was also given a special honor by the Museum of the City of New York.

Edition details

• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0297818457
• ISBN 13: 9780297818458
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 432