American Literature / Unit 16 AML 1523 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Bernard Malamud and *The Assistant*
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The idea
Malamud was born in New York to Russian-Jewish immigrant parents, and the witness says he found his characteristic themes in his second novel of nineteen fifty-seven: a man's struggle to survive against all odds, and the ethical underpinnings of recent Jewish immigrants. The Fixer won him the Pulitzer.
In practice
Survival against odds, and an ethic.
Where people slip
The Natural mixes realism with fantasy.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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