Romance of American Communism

"Before I knew that I was Jewish or a girl I knew that I was a member of the working class." So begins Vivian Gornick''s exploration of how the world of socialists, communists, and progressives in the 1940s and 1950s created a rich, diverse world where ordinary men and women felt their lives connected to a larger human project.

Now back in print after its initial publication in 1977 and with a new...