Her First American by Segal, Lore
Her First American by Segal, Lore

Her First American

A fortieth-anniversary edition of the unforgettable, eccentric "truly original novel" (Newsday), an evocative tale of race, romance,...
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Author: Lore Segal
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Her First American by Segal, Lore

Her First American

$71.99 $39.97
Her First American by Segal, Lore

Her First American

$71.99 $39.97
Author: Lore Segal
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
A fortieth-anniversary edition of the unforgettable, eccentric "truly original novel" (Newsday), an evocative tale of race, romance, and the complexities of the human--experience, by the Pulitzer Prize finalist

She'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.

In 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?

First published forty years ago to universal acclaim, called "wonderful" by People magazine, and "quiet, funny, slyly affecting" in a starred Kirkus review, and now featuring a new introduction by acclaimed novelist Jeffery Renard Allen, Her First American cements its place among the great American novels and introduces a new generation of readers to the brilliant Lore Segal.



Author: Lore Segal
Publisher: New Press
Published: 01/20/2026
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 8.35h x 5.43w x 1.18d
ISBN: 9798893850505

About the Author

Lore Segal (1928-2024), author of Other People's Houses and Shakespeare's Kitchen, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize (all published by The New Press), among other works, was the recipient of a New Yorker Best Book of the Year Award, an O. Henry Prize, the Clifton Fadiman Medal, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. She was a regular contributor to The New Yorker, The New York Times Book Review, The New Republic, and other publications.


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