A classic of world literature is finally available again. When Henry Roth wrote his first novel "Call It Sleep" in 1934, the Great Depression hindered its success. It was only with the paperback edition in 1964 that the breakthrough came, and the book has since sold millions of copies. The story of David Schearl, who emigrates from Galicia to New York with his mother in 1907 to join his hot-tempered father and learns what it means to be an outsider, has been newly translated by Eike Schönfeld. The tension between reality and dream world, along with the realistic portrayal of characters and milieu, still captivates today with its intensity.