Christ in Concrete

Pietro Di Donato First published 1937

About this book

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.

Subjects

  • construction workers
  • fiction
  • fiction, general
  • italian americans
  • italian americans, fiction
  • new york (n.y.), fiction
  • poor