Her First American 9798893850505 Paperback

A fortieth-anniversary edition of the unforgettable, eccentric truly original novel (Newsday), an evocative tale of race, romance, and the complexities of the humanexperience, by the Pulitzer Prize finalistShes Ilka Weissnix, a young Jewish refugee from Hitlers Europe, newly arrived in the United States. Hes Carter Bayoux, her first American: a middle-aged, hard-drinking Black intellectual. At first, their relationship is fueled by lust, but also by a shared sense of displacement, with Ilka having fled her homeland and Carter struggling to find his place in a society steeped in racism and prejudice.In an effort to assimilate and discover the real America, Ilka hurls herself into Carters chaotic world, helping him navigate depression, alcoholism, and the ghosts of his pastand present. Will Ilka sacrifice her own needsand futurefor Carters, or can she save him from the demons and traumas that are tearing him, and them, apart?First published forty years ago to universal acclaim, called wonderful byPeoplemagazine, and quiet, funny, slyly affecting in a starredKirkusreview, and now featuring a new introduction by acclaimed novelist Jeffery Renard Allen,Her First Americancements its place among the great American novels and introduces a new generation of readers to the brilliant Lore Segal.