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The Magic Barrel is a 1958 collection of thirteen short stories written by Bernard Malamud and published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Also, the Jewish Publication Society released its own edition at the same time. It won the 1959 U.S. National Book Award for Fiction. It was also Malamud's debut collection of stories. Overview
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May 29, 2021 · Analysis of Bernard Malamud’s The Magic Barrel. By NASRULLAH MAMBROL on May 29, 2021. Bernard Malamud has been reckoned a magician himself in that, as one of the most significant Jewish American writers of the 20th century, he helped acquaint readers with Jewish culture as he simultaneously placed Jewish fiction in the mainstream of American ...
Overview. The Magic Barrel (1958), widely regarded as a benchmark in midcentury American literature, firmly established the reputation of Brooklyn-born author Bernard Malamud as a modern master of the short story.
3.94. 2,647 ratings195 reviews. Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction. 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 struggling New York Jewish painter, Arthur Fidelman ...
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Jul 7, 2003 · Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction Introduction by Jhumpa Lahiri 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 ...
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The Magic Barrel by Bernard Malamud. Not long ago there lived in uptown New York, in a small, almost meager room, though crowded with books, Leo Finkle, a rabbinical student in the Yeshivah University. Finkle, after six years of study, was to be ordained in June and had been advised by an acquaintance that he might find it
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The Magic Barrel Summary - eNotes.com. by Bernard Malamud. Summary. PDF Cite Share. “The Magic Barrel” begins with the introduction of Leo Finkle, who is twenty-seven and in search...
