Requiem for Harlem

by Henry Roth

Series: Mercy of a Rude Stream (Volume 4), Ira Stigman (4)

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Ira Stigman's polarised life has never been more difficult. On one side is Edith Welles, his supporter, friend and lover; she believes in him. On the other is his shameful immigrant origins, his poverty, his family with their arguments and lack of sophistication. Then there is his incestuous relations with his sister and his cousin, who may be pregnant. This fourth and final volume, published posthumously, brings to a close one of America's most extraordinary literary odysseys.… (more)

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Masterpiece. The best stuff seems to be able to move beyond balancing beauty and brutality to reveal them as an irreconcilable unity; a necessary paradox. This book, and the three volumes which set it up, do so with all the humor and cruelty of the early 20th century. Local and universal, this book is a difficult joy. Worth it despite the heavy Joyce-bashing. (

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Mercy of a Rude Stream: The Complete Novels by Henry Roth

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Canon de la narrativa universal del siglo XX (1998)

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Without Haste, Without Rest.
Not thine the labour to complete,
And yet thou art not free to cease!

--The Mishnah, Abot, 2:16 I
Translated by Rabbi Isidore Myers

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For Roz and Bill Targ, Paragons of Loyalty

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Ira Stigman's legs were weary, legs and feet and instep, but the long march was well worth its fatigue.

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Ira Stigman's polarised life has never been more difficult. On one side is Edith Welles, his supporter, friend and lover; she believes in him. On the other is his shameful immigrant origins, his poverty, his family with their arguments and lack of sophistication. Then there is his incestuous relations with his sister and his cousin, who may be pregnant. This fourth and final volume, published posthumously, brings to a close one of America's most extraordinary literary odysseys.

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