{"product_id":"her-first-american-9798893850505","title":"Her First American","description":"\u003cb\u003eA fortieth-anniversary edition of the unforgettable, eccentric \"truly original novel\" (\u003cem\u003eNewsday\u003c\/em\u003e), an evocative tale of race, romance, and the complexities of the human--experience, by the Pulitzer Prize finalist\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe's Ilka Weissnix, a young Jewish refugee from Hitler's Europe, newly arrived in the United States. He's Carter Bayoux, her first American: a middle-aged, hard-drinking Black intellectual. At first, their relationship is fueled by lust, but also by a shared sense of displacement, with Ilka having fled her homeland and Carter struggling to find his place in a society steeped in racism and prejudice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an effort to assimilate and discover \"the real America,\" Ilka hurls herself into Carter's chaotic world, helping him navigate depression, alcoholism, and the ghosts of his past--and present. Will Ilka sacrifice her own needs--and future--for Carter's, or can she save him from the demons and traumas that are tearing him, and them, apart?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published forty years ago to universal acclaim, called \"wonderful\" by \u003cem\u003ePeople\u003c\/em\u003e magazine, and \"quiet, funny, slyly affecting\" in a starred \u003cem\u003eKirkus\u003c\/em\u003e review, and now featuring a new introduction by acclaimed novelist Jeffery Renard Allen, \u003cem\u003eHer First American\u003c\/em\u003e cements its place among the great American novels and introduces a new generation of readers to the brilliant Lore Segal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-11810013\"\u003eLore Segal\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.35h x 5.43w x 1.18d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798893850505\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC046000\"\u003eJewish\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC014050\"\u003eHistorical | 20th Century | World War II \u0026amp; Holocaust\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLore Segal\u003c\/strong\u003e (1928-2024), author of \u003cem\u003eOther People's Houses\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eShakespeare's Kitchen\u003c\/em\u003e, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize (all published by The New Press), among other works, was the recipient of a \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book of the Year Award, an O. Henry Prize, the Clifton Fadiman Medal, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. She was a regular contributor to \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/em\u003e, and other publications.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46497534705803,"sku":"9798893850505","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_b885c501-1665-4011-97a1-cbb848fe3df3.jpg?v=1775575490","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/her-first-american-9798893850505","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}