About the Author
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.
Critical Reviews
Critical Reviews
"[A] highly original mixture of drollery and catastrophe. . . . Her First American sneaks up on you. What begins as the comic adventures of a greenhorn ends up distilling the ironies and poignancies of Jewish-Black relations in America." --The New York Times Book Review "A wonderful novel . . . Her First American is boldly comic and full of startling scenes--to read it is to be exhilarated. It's also the kind of incredibly rich book that can make a reader pause and examine his beliefs about racism, religion, the Three Stooges, and most of all--America the amazing." --People "Charm, warmth, humor, and a completely unsentimental compassion are exactly what Segal provides in this bittersweet, idiosyncratic love story. . . . A truly original novel." --Newsday "A quiet, funny, slyly affecting novel--one that always remains under delicate control while seeming to teeter on the edge of preciousness or sentimentality." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Publishing Information
Publishing Information
Publisher:
New Press
Pub date:
2026-01-20
Length:
368 pages

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