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More copies of this ISBN:Bread Giversby Anzia Yezierksa
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Persea's 25th anniversary edition of this classic of twentieth-century American literature. More than 250,000 copies sold.
Set on New York's Lower East Side during the 1920s, this is the moving story of a young woman's struggle to free herself from the traditional female role in an Orthodox Jewish family and society. Sara Smolinksy, the youngest daughter of a rabbi, watches as her father marries off her sisters into dire circumstances, and she vows to escape this fate. She leaves home, takes a job as an ironer, and rents a room with a door: "This door was life. It was air. The bottom starting-point of becoming a person." Sara's rebellion and her struggle for self-fulfillment — for education, work, and a marriage based on love — resonates with a passionate intensity all can share. In this new edition, the original text is retained; the introduction is updated; and a new foreword is added describing the discovery of this important work and the relationship with Yezierska's daughter that followed. Review:"One of the authentic and touching testaments of the struggle of Jewish immigrants, especially Jewish women, to find their way in the new world." Irving Howe Review:"Through profuse and perceptive dialogue, Anzia Yezierska brings to life a heritage whose strength, wisdom, and idiom continue, seventy years later, to enrich North American culture and language." Jesse Larsen, 500 Great Books by Women About the AuthorAnzia Yezierska (1889-1970), a Polish Jewish immigrant, wrote about "her people" — the Jews of the Lower East Side — in an autobiography, short stories, and novels, many published by Persea.
Alice Kessler-Harris, a women's and labor historian, is on the faculty of Columbia University. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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