The Assistant: A Novel

by Bernard Malamud | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0374504849 Global Overview for this book
Registered by harper415sc of Charleston, South Carolina USA on 6/22/2009
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Journal Entry 1 by harper415sc from Charleston, South Carolina USA on Monday, June 22, 2009
From the Publisher
Introduction by Jonathan Rosen

Bernard Malamud’s second novel, originally published in 1957, is the story of Morris Bober, a grocer in postwar Brooklyn, who “wants better” for himself and his family. First two robbers appear and hold him up; then things take a turn for the better when broken-nosed Frank Alpine becomes his assistant. But there are complications: Frank, whose reaction to Jews is ambivalent, falls in love with Helen Bober; at the same time he begins to steal from the store.

Like Malamud’s best stories, this novel unerringly evokes an immigrant world of cramped circumstances and great expectations. Malamud defined the immigrant experience in a way that has proven vital for several generations of writers.
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Free book from the Friends of the Charleston County Library. I picked it up for bookcrossing.


Released 14 yrs ago (7/12/2009 UTC) at Panera Bread-5070 International Blvd in North Charleston, South Carolina USA

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Taking to the BC Monthly Meetup. I have someone in mind this book. If she does not want it, I will offer it to the group to see if there are any takers. If no one wants it, I will release it someplace else.
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Journal Entry 3 by harper415sc from Charleston, South Carolina USA on Sunday, July 12, 2009
No one at the meetup was interesting in this book. So rather than leave it at Panera, I brought it home for release.

Released 14 yrs ago (7/13/2009 UTC) at Rising High Bakery & Cafe; 480 East Bay St in Charleston, South Carolina USA

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