WHEN NIGHT DESCENDS

by Edgar Calmer ‧ RELEASE DATE: Dec. 3, 1936

A hot summer night in the West Side of New York City; a family on relief; short sketches and glimpses of many who are out of work -- are woven into a many threaded depression story. The dying mother and the few consolations vouchsafed her, the son and daughter who want something else besides poverty and lack of food, the father who is licked beyond power of saving -- these are the central threads: the workless ones whose lives touch theirs make many, tragic, transient appearances. The kaleidoscopic treatment gives it a good tempo -- it is for the Gellhorn market primarily. A ""Discoverers' Book"".

Pub Date: Dec. 3, 1936

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Farrar & Rinehart

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Dec. 1, 1936

Categories: FICTION