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Christ in Concrete

by Pietro Di Donato

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Popularity 81

A classic examination of the American experience for hard-working Italian immigrants living in New York City's Lower East Side shortly before the Great Depression, Christ in Concrete focuses on a family's struggle against harsh economic realities and tenement living.

Construction workersFictionItalian AmericansPoorFiction, generalNew york (n.y.), fictionItalian americans, fiction