pt. 1. 1916-1918 -- pt. 2. 1925-1930 -- pt. 3. 1931-1936 -- pt. 4. 1937-1945
Summary
At turns lyrical, comic, and melancholy, this tale about a Romanian Jewish shopkeeper in 1916 on the immigrant blocks of Mobile, Alabama, captures the strivings of ordinary folks for sustenance, for the realization of their hopes and dreams