{"product_id":"9798893850505","title":"Her First American","description":"Author: Lore Segal\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9798893850505\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: New Press, The\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Jun 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 368\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fortieth-anniversary edition of the unforgettable, eccentric 'truly original novel' (\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e), an evocative tale of race, romance, and the complexities of the human  experience, by the Pulitzer Prize finalist.\u003c\/b\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 fuelled 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\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\u003eFirst published forty years ago to universal acclaim, called 'wonderful' by \u003ci\u003ePeople \u003c\/i\u003emagazine, and 'quiet, funny, slyly affecting' in a starred \u003ci\u003eKirkus review\u003c\/i\u003e, and now featuring a new introduction by acclaimed novelist Jeffery Renard Allen, \u003ci\u003eHer First American\u003c\/i\u003e cements its place among the great American novels and introduces a new generation of readers to the brilliant Lore Segal.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47857128308894,"sku":"ADS-9798893850505","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9798893850505.jpg?v=1781481449","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9798893850505","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}