Hungry HeartsSimon and Schuster, 2021 M03 23 - 136 pages Hungry Hearts is a collection of short stories by Jewish/American writer Anzia Yezierska first published in 1920. The short stories deal with the European Jewish immigrant experience from the perspective of fictional female Jews, each story depicting a different aspect of their trials and tribulations in poverty in New York City at the turn of the 20th century. The stories were adapted into a film of the same name. |
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Hungry Hearts: Stories of the Jewish-American Immigrant Experience Anzia Yezierska Limited preview - 2014 |
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