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The Fixer: Inscribed and signed by the author
by Malamud, Bernard
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good/good
- Seller
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Stone Mountain, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/good. Octavo. Publisher's cream cloth, stamped in blind on the upper board, and in black and red on the spine, colored endpapers, pale-yellow-stained top-edge; book with a very slight lean, else about fine, in a bright dust jacket with a few short tears and minor rubbing. Inscribed on the FFEP by Malamud to one S. J. Hessel, M.D., probably at the behest of one Betty Godfrey, who has affixed her signature above Malamud's.
Synopsis
Bernard Malamud was born in Brooklyn, New York, and was an author of novels and short stories. His novel, The Eighth Day was the winner of the National Book Awards as well as the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1967. In this fictionalized account of a true story regarding a viciously anti-Semitic incident, the protagonist, Yakov Bok, a poor Jew, travels to Kiev to try to change his life situation and fortunes. He tries to pass for a Gentile and is hired on as a supervisor of a brick-making factory. Soon, there is a murder of a Christian child and Bok’s Jewishness is discovered; he is unjustly imprisoned for the murder. He experiences torture and abuse at the hands of his jailers and slowly comes to realize his faith in the potential humanity of Christians and Jews alike. The novel employs rich, complex characters and an intellectual message regarding the need for humane political actions.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Americana Books ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27655
- Title
- The Fixer
- Author
- Malamud, Bernard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Farrar , Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1966
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Americana Books in business since 1993 specializing in American History and Americana. Member ABAA ( Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America)
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Fine
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Inscribed
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