Surprise Castle
Her First American

Her First American - Paperback

$14.99
$19.99
-25%

Choose Option

Her First American

Paperback

$14.99
$19.99
Paperback

Paperback

$14.99
$19.99
Quantity
01

Pay over time for orders over $35.00 with

Availability:In StockContributor:Lore Segal, Jeffrey Renard Allen (Introduction by)Publish date:1/20/2026Pages:368
Language:EnglishPublisher:New PressISBN-13:9798893850505UPC:9798893850505Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Jewish, Literary, HistoricalBook Topic:20th CenturySize:8.35 x 5.43 x 1.18 inchesWeight:0.7915Product ID:SCSA8VD3P3

Her First American

A fortieth-anniversary edition of the unforgettable, eccentric "truly original novel" (Newsday), an evocative tale of race, romance, and the complexities of the human--experience, by the Pulitzer Prize finalist

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...

Language:EnglishPublisher:New PressISBN-13:9798893850505UPC:9798893850505Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Jewish, Literary, HistoricalBook Topic:20th CenturySize:8.35 x 5.43 x 1.18 inchesWeight:0.7915Product ID:SCSA8VD3P3

Lore Segal (1928-2024), author of Other People's Houses and Shakespeare's Kitchen, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize (all published by The New Press), among other works, was the recipient of a New Yorker Best Book of the Year Award, an O. Henry Prize, the Clifton Fadiman Medal, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. She was a regular contributor to The New Yorker, The New York Times Book Review, The New...

Publisher: New Press

Free shipping on orders over $75. Standard shipping takes 3-7 business days. Returns accepted within 30 days of purchase.

Recently Viewed

View All