{"product_id":"9780393080896","title":"An American Type: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e“His early novel \u003cem\u003eCall It Sleep\u003c\/em\u003e was his \u003cem\u003eUlysses\u003c\/em\u003e. His late work \u003cem\u003eAn American Type\u003c\/em\u003e is his \u003cem\u003eGrapes of Wrath\u003c\/em\u003e.”—Thane Rosenbaum, \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This “glorious, evocative, literary novel for the ages” (\u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e) has finally taken its place within the great canon of American fiction. Set during the Great Depression, against a backdrop of New York’s glimmering skyscrapers and Los Angeles’s seedy motor courts, this autobiographical work concludes the unparalleled saga of Henry Roth, whose classic \u003cem\u003eCall It Sleep\u003c\/em\u003e, published in 1934, went on to become one of \u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e’s 100 best American novels of the twentieth century. With echoes of Nathanael West and John Steinbeck, \u003cem\u003eAn American Type\u003c\/em\u003e is a heartrending statement about American identity and the universal transcendence of love.","brand":"Norton, W. W. \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47077722947824,"sku":"9780393080896","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780393080896_p0.jpg?v=1769892717","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780393080896","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}