The Old Neighborhood: A Novel
New York: Linden Press, 1980. First Printing. Hardcover. 23 cm, 219 pages. Name written on front flyleaf in ink, one page has been folded, board somewhat scuffed, remainder mark on bottom edge. Avery Corman (born November 28, 1935) is an American novelist. The author also wrote "Oh, God!" and "Kramer vs. Kramer" From a review posted on line: Before Brooklyn became a hipster haven with pricey real estate and the Bronx became the poster child for urban blight, neighborhood life in those outer boroughs was pretty much the same.
That’s the recollection of Avery Corman, who grew up in the Bronx during the 1940s and ’50s and went on to write novels that became the basis for the hit movies Kramer vs. Kramer and Oh God!
Now Corman in a later novel, The Old Neighborhood, presents a hard-driving protagonist who reconnects with his childhood neighborhood in the Bronx, rediscovers his roots and finds inner peace and contentment. This is a memoir about his Bronx boyhood in a working-class household with a divorced mother, an older sister and an aunt and uncle, both of them deaf mutes. Condition: good.
Keywords: Fiction, Novels, Literature, Neighborhood, New York, Family, Marriage, Sexuality, Deaf Mutes, Bronx, Nostalgia
ISBN: 0671414755
[Book #16762]
Price: $20.00