num_pages: 234
description: Because I Was Flesh is the story of Edward Dahlberg's life as a child and young man, and a portrait in depth of the remarkable woman, his mother Lizzie, who shaped it. It is an authentic record from the inferno of modern city life, and a testament of American experience. Seldom has there been so ruthless, and yet so tender a dissection of the mother-son relationship. And from it Lizzie Dahlberg emerges as one of the unforgettable characters of modern literature.
language: English
title: Because I Was Flesh
titlecomplete: Because I Was Flesh
genres: Biography, Autobiography, The United States Of America, Nonfiction, Literature, Memoir
ratings_count: 140
awards: awardedAt: -157737600000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Arts and Letters
publisher: New Directions