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David Schearl arrives in New York in his mother's arms to begin his new life as an immigrant. David is hated by his father, but is fiercely loved and protected by his Yiddish-speaking mother. This novel interweaves the love between a mother and son with the terrors and anxieties David experiences, as he seeks to find his own identity.

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'The Ur-novel at the heart of American literature - Mercy of a Rude Stream is a towering achievement' Junot Diaz

'Henry Roth has only two peers in American-English Jewish fiction, Nathanael West and Philip Roth' Harold Bloom
The second novel in the internationally acclaimed six-volume sequence which began with MERCY OF A RUDE STREAM

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'The Ur-novel at the heart of American literature - a towering achievement' Junot Diaz

'Henry Roth has only two peers in American-English Jewish fiction, Nathanael West and Philip Roth' Harold Bloom

The first novel in the internationally-acclaimed epic telling of immigrant life in early-twentieth century New York, MERCY OF A RUDE STREAM

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'The Ur-novel at the heart of American literature - a towering achievement' Junot Diaz

'Henry Roth has only two peers in American-English Jewish fiction, Nathanael West and Philip Roth' Harold Bloom

The third novel in the internationally-acclaimed epic telling of immigrant life in early-twentieth century New York, MERCY OF A RUDE STREAM

(Paperback)

'The Ur-novel at the heart of American literature - a towering achievement' Junot Diaz

'Henry Roth has only two peers in American-English Jewish fiction, Nathanael West and Philip Roth' Harold Bloom

The fourth novel in the internationally-acclaimed epic telling of immigrant life in early-twentieth century New York, MERCY OF A RUDE STREAM