An American type

By Henry Roth

Subjects: Fiction, jewish, Yaddo (Artists' colony), Fiction, historical, Fiction, historical, general, Jews, fiction, Authors, fiction, Fiction, family life, New york (state), fiction, Fiction, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Reminiscing in old age, History, Yaddo (Artist's colony), Authors

Description: Set in the dire year of 1938, Ira Stigman journeys to the famed artists' colony Yaddo, where he meets a blond, aristocratic pianist whose "calm, Anglo-Saxon radiance" engages him.The conflict with his ghetto Jewish roots forces Ira to set out on an illusionary quest for the promise of the American West.