false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1161975624m/3067.jpg 3067 2 Due to his formidable skill as a novelist--and to the fact that one of his novels, <I>The Natural</I>, had the good or bad luck to be repackaged as a large-screen vehicle for Robert Redford--Bernard Malamud hasn't always been recognized as short-story master of the first rank. As this collection demonstrates once and for all, he is. The anthology pieces, such as "The Magic Barrel," "The Silver Dish," or "Rembrandt's Hat," would be more than enough to place the author in the pantheon. But the 54 stories gathered here represent an astonishing abundance of narrative smarts and brilliant, Yiddish-accented prose. Malamud's heroes meet all manner of misfortune--there's something distinctly Job-like about even his most contented characters (a typical one has "a sort of indigenous sadness [that] hung on or around him")--yet the author suffuses their woes with gentle comedy. And while Jews occupy center stage in almost every tale, they are universal rather than parochial figures: as the beleaguered tailor in "Angel Levine" triumphantly informs his wife, "Believe me, there are Jews everywhere." 6930 1997 The Complete Stories total:140|5:66|4:55|3:16|2:3|1:0| 140 604 212 13 4 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Sep 07 16:55:11 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 17:00:14 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Aug 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 16 08:36:16 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 30 06:28:44 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Nov 07 18:16:39 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 07 18:20:30 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 09:21:03 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 09:21:03 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Nov 16 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Thu Sep 10 17:46:49 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 17:47:58 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Jan 10 09:36:33 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 10 09:38:02 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue May 13 04:35:56 -0700 2008 Thu Feb 19 23:59:39 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sun May 06 09:16:34 -0700 2007 Sun May 06 09:18:47 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Fri Jan 25 08:34:04 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 25 08:35:18 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Sep 06 15:16:23 -0700 2007 Thu Mar 13 10:49:27 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sun Jul 29 07:41:29 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 29 07:41:29 -0700 2007 2 0 false false Mon Apr 07 17:35:33 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 07 17:36:09 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Tue Jul 24 22:17:18 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 24 22:18:04 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Tue Nov 10 09:13:24 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 09:13:24 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Nov 09 14:22:36 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 14:22:36 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sun Nov 01 06:30:55 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 06:30:55 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Oct 23 16:31:30 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 16:31:30 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Oct 22 19:01:51 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 19:01:51 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Oct 20 18:26:07 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 18:26:07 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Oct 17 14:30:31 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 14:30:31 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3067