Bibliograph

The magic barrel, Bernard Malamud ; [introduction by Jhumpa Lahiri]

Type

Label

The magic barrel, Bernard Malamud ; [introduction by Jhumpa Lahiri]

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The magic barrel

Oclc number

53967232

Responsibility statement

Bernard Malamud ; [introduction by Jhumpa Lahiri]

Summary

Bernard Malamud's first book of short stories, The Magic Barrel, has been recognized as a classic from the time it was published in 1959. The stories are set in New York and in Italy (where Malamud's alter ego, the struggleing New York Jewish Painter Arthur Fidelman, roams amid the ruins of old Europe in search of his artistic patrimony); they tell of egg candlers and shoemakers, matchmakers, and rabbis, in a voice that blends vigorous urban realism, Yiddish idiom, and a dash of artistic magic

Table Of Contents

The first seven years -- The mourners -- The girl of my dreams -- Angel Levine -- Behold the key -- Take pity -- The prison -- The Lady of the Lake -- A summer's reading -- The bill -- The last Mohican -- The loan -- The magic barrel

Classification

Creator