{"product_id":"her-first-american-lore-segal-paperback-1","title":"Her First American -- Lore Segal, Paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003eA fortieth-anniversary edition of the unforgettable, eccentric \"truly original novel\" (\u003cem\u003eNewsday\u003c\/em\u003e), an evocative tale of race, romance, and the complexities of the human--experience, by the Pulitzer Prize finalist\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe'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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published forty years ago to universal acclaim, called \"wonderful\" by \u003cem\u003ePeople\u003c\/em\u003e magazine, and \"quiet, funny, slyly affecting\" in a starred \u003cem\u003eKirkus\u003c\/em\u003e review, and now featuring a new introduction by acclaimed novelist Jeffery Renard Allen, \u003cem\u003eHer First American\u003c\/em\u003e cements its place among the great American novels and introduces a new generation of readers to the brilliant Lore Segal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lore Segal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798893850505\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLore Segal\u003c\/strong\u003e (1928-2024), author of \u003cem\u003eOther People's Houses\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eShakespeare's Kitchen\u003c\/em\u003e, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize (all published by The New Press), among other works, was the recipient of a \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book of the Year Award, an O. Henry Prize, the Clifton Fadiman Medal, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. She was a regular contributor to \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/em\u003e, and other publications.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lore Segal","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47487994396900,"sku":"9798893850505","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9798893850505.jpg?v=1768943734","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/her-first-american-lore-segal-paperback-1","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}