{"product_id":"9781857993561-a-diving-rock-on-the-hudson","title":"A Diving Rock on The Hudson","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMercy Of A Rude Stream Volume 2 - 'A masterpiece, not remotely like anything else in American literature'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The Ur-novel at the heart of American literature - \u003ci\u003eMercy of a Rude Stream \u003c\/i\u003eis a towering achievement'\u003c\/b\u003e Junot Diaz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Henry Roth has only two peers in American-English Jewish fiction, Nathanael West and Philip Roth' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eHarold Bloom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe second novel in the internationally acclaimed six-volume sequence which began with MERCY OF A RUDE STREAM\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A landmark of the American literary century' \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The second novel in the internationally acclaimed six-volume sequence which began with MERCY OF A RUDE STREAM. Ira Stigman, now an adolescent in 1920s New York, is on the rack. All his friends seem to be paragons of achievement and sophistication, while his own life bears the taint of an impoverished immigrant background. Work on the trolleycars and selling soda at Yankee Stadium introduces him to an underworld of corruption and petty thieving, and all his choices seem to be the wrong ones. Worst of all, within his own family exists a temptation so dark that it has corroded Ira's very soul. A DIVING ROCK ON THE HUDSON is fearless in its depiction of a young man in the lower depths, yet in its glimpses of redemption it offers hope with the power of literature as a force for comprehension and forgiveness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe literary comeback of the century' \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'As unquenchably vibrant with life as the immigrants whose existence it commemorates' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\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\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\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\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Fresh and touching' \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\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\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\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\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMercy 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\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56450764276086,"sku":"9781857993561","price":8.53,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27019420.jpg?v=1760453936","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781857993561-a-diving-rock-on-the-hudson","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}