Book Review of Jews Without Money by Michael Gold
Name of Book: Jews without money Author: Michael Gold ISBN: 0-7867-1345-3 Publisher: Carrol and Graf Fiction Type of book: Jews, New York, 1890s?-1900s?, poverty, tenement, adult, prostitutes, 1920s? Year it was published: 1930 Summary: As a writer and political activist in the early 20th century, Michael Gold was an important presence on the American cultural scene fro more than three decades. Beginning in the 1920s his was a powerful journalistic voice for social change and human rights, and Jews Without Money-the author's only novel-is a passionate record of the times. First published in 1930, this fictionalized autobiography offered an unusually candid look at the thieves, gangsters, and ordinary citizens who struggled against brutal odds on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Like Henry Roth's Call It Sleep and Abraham Cahan's The Rise and Fall of David Levinsky, Jews Without Money is a literary landmark of the Jewish experience. Characters: Th...