Bronxprimitive
Subtitle: portraits in a childhood
By: Kate Simon.
Publisher: Viking Press
Published: 1982
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 179
Subjects: Simon, Kate.; Jews -- New York (N.Y.) -- Biography.; Bronx (New York, N.Y.) -- Biography.; New York (N.Y.) -- Biography.
Description: The classic, unforgettable memoir of a young girl's coming of age, "Bronx Primitive" recalls the vitality of an immigrant neighborhood through the unsentimental eyes of a child. With an unerring eye for detail and an iridescent, clear-eyed prose, Kate Simon captures the particular world of her childhood as well as the universal uncertainties and triumphs of a young girl on the threshold of womanhood.