Her First American |
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Author:
| Segal, Lore |
ISBN: | 978-1-56584-949-5 |
Publication Date: | Nov 2004 |
Publisher: | New Press, The
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $18.99 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.