Magic Barrel, The
by Bernard Malamud
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+++ No DJ. Temple Ex-Lib
- Seller
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Mulvane, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
4 Small library stamps, FPD, BPD, FLEP, BLEP. Residual glue from pocket removal, BLEP & BPD, else content appears as, unread and unblemished with lavender decorated boards displaying, minimal, surface/edge wear as shown. 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 struggling 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. "In the short story, Malamud achieved an almost psalmlike compression. He has been called the Jewish Hawthorne, but he might just as well be thought a Jewish Chopin, a prose composer of preludes and noctures" (Mark Shechner, Partisan Review)
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Synopsis
Bernard Malamud was an author of novels and short stories. His novel, The Magic Barrel, won the National Book Award in 1959. The novel is comprised of thirteen stories, most taking place in dingy streets in New York, and others in Italy. The book has been recognized as a classic from the time in which it was published. The stories tell of matchmakers, rabbis, egg candlers, struggle and delights while blending urban realism and Yiddish idioms in a wonderfully artistic fashion. The author’s warmth and ironic humor make the stories universally appealing and unique. The stories included are 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, and The Magic Barrel.
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- Eve's Reads (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4259-121820
- Title
- Magic Barrel, The
- Author
- Bernard Malamud
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+++ No DJ. Temple Ex-Lib
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Ed 6th Prtg
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Cudahy
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- March 1962
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Classics
- Size
- 214 Pages
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