Bernard Malamud: Novels & Stories of the 1940s & 50s (Loa #248): The Natural / The Assistant / Stories

by Philip Davis and Bernard Malamud

Book Overview

Raised in Brooklyn, the son of Jewish immigrants, and coming of age in Depression-era New York, Bernard Malamud (1914-1986) began his career writing stories of unsparing precision and power, plumbing the depths of an impoverished urban world. His early, naturalistic style evolved into an inventive, often surreal idiom that blurs reality and fantasy. His first novel, The Natural (1952), is a dazzling reimagining of the possibilities of sports...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1598532928
• ISBN13: 9781598532920
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Library of America
• Length: 800 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.1" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher