Call It Sleep by Henry Roth

Call It Sleep is the story of an Austrian-Jewish immigrant family in New York in the early part of the twentieth century. Six-year-old David Schearl has a close and loving relationship with his mother Genya, but his father Albert is aloof, resentful and angry toward his wife and son. David's development takes place between fear of his father's potential violence and the degradation of life in the streets of the tenement slums.

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The 320th greatest fiction book of all time

This book is on the following lists:

1. - 23rd on D. G. Myers’ 50 Greatest English Language Novels (D. G. Myers)
2. - 62nd on 100 Best Novels in English Since 1900 (Counterpunch)
3. - 75th on Koen Book Distributors Top 100 Books of the Past Century (themodernnovel.com)
4. - 85th on The Novel 100: A Ranking of the Greatest Novels of All Time (The Novel 100)
5. - 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (The Book)
6. - The College Board: 101 Great Books Recommended for College-Bound Readers (The College Board, an American not-for-profit organization)
7. - The 100 Greatest American Novels, 1893 – 1993 (Jeff O'Neal at Bookriot.com)
8. - TIME Magazine All Time 100 Novels (TIME Magazine)

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	Name	Binding	Sales Rank	Lowest New	Lowest Used	Published
	Call It Sleep	Hardcover	2040315	$29.99	$11.96
	Call it sleep	Audio CD	3518511	$475.69	$23.80
	Call It Sleep	Paperback	1648983	$7.50	$1.74
	Call it Sleep	Mass Market Paperback	2183357		$2.49	1964
	Call It Sleep	Mass Market Paperback	3172823	$23.00	$2.00
	Call It Sleep, a Novel	Paperback	3340541	$18.74	$4.99	1960
	Call It Sleep	Hardcover	3801903	$137.58	$4.97
	Call it Sleep	Paperback	2431929	$35.00	$3.90
	Call It Sleep: A Novel	Paperback	2540492	$27.49	$1.48	1992
	Call It Sleep	Hardcover	4772548		$30.00	1991
	Call It Sleep: A Novel	Kindle Edition	474698	$12.99		2013
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	Call it Sleep	Paperback	1145247	$12.12	$10.74	2006
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	Call It Sleep: A Novel	Paperback	251444	$7.80	$1.76	2005
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