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050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aYezierska, Anzia,
_d1880?-1970
245 1 0 _aChildren of loneliness
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2023
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2023-08-07
505 0 _aMostly about myself -- Children of loneliness -- Brothers -- To the stars -- An immigrant among the editors -- America and I -- A bed for the night -- Dreams and dollars -- The song triumphant -- The Lord giveth.
508 _aThe Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
520 _a"Children of Loneliness" by Anzia Yezierska is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around Rachel Ravinsky, a young Jewish immigrant who struggles with her identity and the cultural clash between her roots in the old world and her life in America. The book explores themes of loneliness, ambition, and the search for belonging in a new and often unwelcoming society. The opening of the novel introduces us to Rachel, who is grappling with feelings of frustration and alienation from her immigrant family, particularly in their traditional ways of life. As she returns home after studying at Cornell, she finds herself in conflict with her father and mother, who represent her past and the life she is trying to escape. The tension escalates at the dinner table, revealing the deep generational divide and Rachel's struggles to reconcile her dreams with the reality of her family's expectations. This dynamic showcases the broader immigrant experience of seeking acceptance and understanding in a new land while feeling imprisoned by familial ties and cultural heritage. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cLondon: Cassell and Company, 1923
653 _aShort stories
653 _aNew York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
653 _aUnited States -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
653 _aImmigrants -- Fiction
653 _aJews, Russian -- United States -- Fiction
856 4 _uhttps://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.308021&view=1up&seq=10
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71361
999 _c112087
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