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“I defy anyone to read this and find one story that isn't great or that doesn't keep you glued to the page.”
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BERNARD MALAMUD (1914-86) is considered a modern master of the short story, ranked with Chekhov and Isaac Babel. The Complete Stories of Bernard Malamud brings together all of Malamud's published stories--from the classic early story "The Magic Barrel," in which he refashioned the American short story in the Yiddish-infected idiom of his boyhood, to later works such as "Rembrandt's Hat" and "Alma Redeemed,' which dramatize the relationship between life and art with matchless intensity and dark comedy. These fifty-three stories are full of the searching eloquence that characterizes this beloved American writer.
Contents:
Armistice --
Spring rain --
The grocery store --
Benefit performance --
The place is different now --
Steady customer --
The literary life of Laban Goldman --
The cost of living --
The prison --
The first seven years --
The death of me --
The bill --
The loan --
A confession of murder --
Riding pants --
The girl of my dreams --
The magic barrel --
The mourners --
Angel Levine --
A summer's reading --
Take pity --
The elevator --
An apology --
The last Mohican --
The lady of the lake --
Behold the key --
The maid's shoes --
Idiots first --
Still life --
Suppose a wedding --
Life is better than death --
The jewbird --
Black is my favorite color --
Naked nude --
The German refugee --
A choice of profession --
A pimp's revenge --
Man in the drawer --
My son the murderer --
Pictures of the artist --
An exorcism --
Glass blower of Venice --
God's wrath --
Talking horse --
The letter --
The silver crown --
Notes from a lady at a dinner party --
In retirement --
Rembrandt's hat --
A wig --
The model --
A lost grave --
Zora's noise --
In Kew Gardens --
Alms redeemed.
Contents:
Armistice --
Spring rain --
The grocery store --
Benefit performance --
The place is different now --
Steady customer --
The literary life of Laban Goldman --
The cost of living --
The prison --
The first seven years --
The death of me --
The bill --
The loan --
A confession of murder --
Riding pants --
The girl of my dreams --
The magic barrel --
The mourners --
Angel Levine --
A summer's reading --
Take pity --
The elevator --
An apology --
The last Mohican --
The lady of the lake --
Behold the key --
The maid's shoes --
Idiots first --
Still life --
Suppose a wedding --
Life is better than death --
The jewbird --
Black is my favorite color --
Naked nude --
The German refugee --
A choice of profession --
A pimp's revenge --
Man in the drawer --
My son the murderer --
Pictures of the artist --
An exorcism --
Glass blower of Venice --
God's wrath --
Talking horse --
The letter --
The silver crown --
Notes from a lady at a dinner party --
In retirement --
Rembrandt's hat --
A wig --
The model --
A lost grave --
Zora's noise --
In Kew Gardens --
Alms redeemed.
656 pages, Paperback
First published January 1,1997
This edition
- Format
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656 pages, Paperback
- Published
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October 12, 1998 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- ISBN
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9780374525750
- ASIN
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0374525757
- Language
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English
About the author
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Bernard Malamud was an American novelist and short story writer. Along with Saul Bellow, Joseph Heller, Norman Mailer and Philip Roth, he was one of the best known American Jewish authors of the 20th century. His baseball novel, The Natural, was adapted into a 1984 film starring Robert Redford. His 1966 novel The Fixer (also filmed), about antisemitism in the Russian Empire, won both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize.
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Ο Μαλαμούντ γράφει για τις φτωχές γειτονιές της Νέας Υόρκης, για τα μπακάλικα που αργοπεθαίνουν μαζί με τους ιδιοκτήτες τους στην αλλαγή μιας εποχής, ένας κόσμος που αλλάζει και τα σούπερ μάρκετ και οι αλυσίδες καταπίνουν τις οικογενειακές επιχειρήσεις. Μάλιστα μερικές φορές βλέπεις να επανέρχεται στον ίδιο δρόμο και στα ίδια πρόσωπα και να συνεχίζει ή να αναδιατυπωνει τις ιστορίες.
Αγαπώ τα διηγήματα που με βάζουν μέσα σε γκρίζα διαμερισματα. Οι ιστορίες των ανθρώπων που δυσκολεύονται να τα βγάλουν πέρα έχουν άπειρο υλικό και πολύ σκοτάδι για να αποτυπωθεί σε χαρτί. Και ο Μαλαμούντ φαίνεται να γνωρίζει από μέσα μερικές τέτοιες. Μαζί με αυτές, προσθέστε και την εβραϊκή καταγωγή του και θα έχετε μια ολοκληρωμένη εικόνα για το περιεχόμενο των διηγημάτων του.
Αγαπώ τα διηγήματα που με βάζουν μέσα σε γκρίζα διαμερισματα. Οι ιστορίες των ανθρώπων που δυσκολεύονται να τα βγάλουν πέρα έχουν άπειρο υλικό και πολύ σκοτάδι για να αποτυπωθεί σε χαρτί. Και ο Μαλαμούντ φαίνεται να γνωρίζει από μέσα μερικές τέτοιες. Μαζί με αυτές, προσθέστε και την εβραϊκή καταγωγή του και θα έχετε μια ολοκληρωμένη εικόνα για το περιεχόμενο των διηγημάτων του.
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Not the easiest read, for the most part, but good stories :)
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One-hundred shades of sadness, one thousand insights into the human heart and into the compassion we need to have for each other.
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If I only give this four stars, it's simply because the stories now seem a little dated. That said, Malamud is a genius and a big influence on my writing. No serious short story writer should be ignorant of his work.
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Difficult to rate this collection of short stories, because some were really brilliant (5 stars), others were quite boring (2.5 stars), and very few I honestly couldn´t understand at all (1 star).
It´s said that Bernard Malamud is one of the masters of short stories, and this is certainly not untrue, but this collection is complete and it therefore also includes early stories where I´m sure a lot of readers today have problems "getting it". Some of the later stories are almost try-outs for a more "artistic" way of presenting short stories, a style I couldn´t relate to. However, one thing is certain : BM manages to condense a complex story down into a few pages, very often with a fascinating ending. As such, it´s hard to read more than one story at a time, and I combined reading this collection with my "normal" reading.
It´s said that Bernard Malamud is one of the masters of short stories, and this is certainly not untrue, but this collection is complete and it therefore also includes early stories where I´m sure a lot of readers today have problems "getting it". Some of the later stories are almost try-outs for a more "artistic" way of presenting short stories, a style I couldn´t relate to. However, one thing is certain : BM manages to condense a complex story down into a few pages, very often with a fascinating ending. As such, it´s hard to read more than one story at a time, and I combined reading this collection with my "normal" reading.
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It's well written but dated. I wouldn't seek more if his writing without a strong recommendation.
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Malamud's talent is severely underated in my opinion. Yes, some of his stories are a bit trashy, but on average his stories are well written, humrous and touching.
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