Hungry hearts
By: Anzia Yezierska ; with an introduction by Blanche H. Gelfant.
Series: Penguin twentieth-century classics
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
Subjects: Jews -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction.; Jewish fiction.; Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction.
Description: These 10 short stories record the tragedies and triumphs of life in New York City's tenement slums, brilliantly capturing the distinction of a woman's immigrant experience and her dreams of making it in a new land.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. xxxv-xxxvi).
Table of contents: title: Wings; title: Hunger; title: The lost "beautifulness"; title: The free vacation house; title: The miracle; title: Where lovers dream; title: Soap and water; title: "The fat of the land"; title: My own people; title: How I found America.