ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN

by George & Helen Papashvily ‧ RELEASE DATE: Jan. 3, 1944

This January Book of the Month Club dual selection was reported originally in September when scheduled for fall publication -- as follows: ""And lots does, when George Papashvily, a Georgian, comes to America from his native Russia after the last war. This is a warmly human story of immigrants becoming American, based largely on the author's own story, embellished with incidents that build up into good story telling. There are the hardships of finding work, of being cheated and laughed at, of making new friends, of enjoying old friends. There's a wonderful account of a trip across country in an old car piled high with an assortment of furniture, keepsakes and people. There's a wide range of jobs -- and of places sampled and found wanting. Finally married, owning his own farm in Pennsylvania, with friends near by, he finds his own place in the country he has come to love. Somewhat idealized propaganda for this ""melting pot"" of the world, but a story simply and sympathetically told -- with a certain naivete of style in the quite evidently foreign sentence structure throughout. An appealing tale.

Pub Date: Jan. 3, 1944

ISBN: 1151528323

Page Count: -

Publisher: Harper

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Jan. 1, 1944

Categories: FICTION