Mercy of a Rude Stream: The Complete Novels

INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT © 2014 JOSHUA FERRIS

Mercy of a Rude Stream, Volume I: A Star Shines Over Mt. Morris Park

Copyright © 1994 by Henry Roth

Mercy of a Rude Stream, Volume II: A Diving Rock on the Hudson

Copyright © 1995 by Henry Roth

Mercy of a Rude Stream, Volume III: From Bondage

Copyright © 1996 by The Estate of Henry Roth

Mercy of a Rude Stream, Volume IV: Requiem for Harlem

Copyright © 1998 by The Literary Estate of Henry Roth

Editor’s Afterword copyright © 1998 by Robert Weil

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Roth, Henry.

Mercy of a rude stream: the complete novels / Henry Roth. — First edition.

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ISBN 978-0-87140-762-7 (hardcover)

1. Jews — New York (State) — New York — Fiction. 2. New York (N.Y.) — Fiction. 3. Jewish families — Fiction. 4. Immigrants — Fiction. 5. Boys — Fiction. I. Title.

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