false 14084 12 Malamud's 1st book of short stories, <i>The Magic Barrel</i>, was acknowledged classic from its 1959 publication. They're set in NY & Italy--where Malamud's alter ego, struggling NY Jewish Painter Arthur Fidelman, roams amid the ruins of old Europe in search of an artistic patrimony. They tell of egg candlers & shoemakers, matchmakers, & rabbis, in a voice blending vigorous urban realism, Yiddish idiom & artistic magic. <i>The Magic Barrel </i>is a book about NY & about the immigrant experience. It is high point in the modern American short story. Few books of any kind have managed to depict struggle, frustration & heartbreak with such delight or such artistry. Introduction by Jhumpa Lahiri. 965397 1950 The Magic Barrel: Stories total:214|5:75|4:90|3:41|2:5|1:3| 214 871 328 14 5 0 false false Sun Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Feb 19 10:19:11 -0800 2008 Mon Jun 30 12:15:36 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Oct 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 06:59:02 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 19:46:44 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Aug 26 20:57:38 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 26 21:05:49 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sun Dec 21 12:06:12 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 21 12:15:51 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 11 12:26:39 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 13 22:46:03 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Nov 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 19:53:43 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 26 13:00:46 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Tue Mar 24 14:32:45 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 14:32:58 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2001 Fri Nov 23 11:48:28 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 23 11:48:28 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 04 15:25:30 -0700 2007 Tue Jan 08 19:26:45 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Tue Oct 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 03 01:33:52 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 07 01:23:10 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Mon Aug 06 07:00:51 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 06 07:05:18 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Mon Nov 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Sep 06 23:49:49 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 11 14:09:40 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun Feb 03 16:21:05 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 03 16:23:16 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Tue Feb 03 07:13:12 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 12:42:16 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Thu Nov 26 08:20:01 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 26 08:20:01 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Nov 25 19:45:46 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 25 19:45:46 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Nov 24 04:02:36 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 04:02:39 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sat Nov 21 20:03:07 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 20:03:07 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Thu Nov 19 18:07:29 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 18:07:29 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Nov 17 07:34:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 07:34:00 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=14084