Call It Sleep (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Henry Roth
- First Published: 1934
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: 1907-1913
- Setting: New York City
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Mothers, Parents and children, Twentieth century, New York City, Immigration or emigration, Inner cities or inner-city life, Jews or Jewish life, Boys, Rabbis, Yiddish
- Locales: New York, NY
Characters Discussed
David Schearl, a Jewish boy who leaves Russia with his mother to settle in New York City, where his father has recently established himself. David is extraordinarily sensitive, and it is through his senses and intellect that the life of the immigrant city comes to life. He is fiercely attached to his protective mother and afraid of his harsh father, who scorns David and suspects that his son actually is the offspring of his wife’s affair with another man. The curious David makes friends with Leo, an Irish boy, and learns in rather crude fashion about...
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