false <![CDATA[The Natural]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157173474m/685.jpg 685 25 Roy Hobbs, the protagonist of <i>The Natural,</i> makes the mistake of pronouncing aloud his dream: to be the best there ever was. Such hubris, of course, invites divine intervention, but the brilliance of Bernard Malamud's novel is the second chance it offers its hero, elevating him--and his story--into the realm of myth. 1433491 1952 The Natural total:1112|5:201|4:415|3:342|2:114|1:40| 1112 3959 1415 130 1 2 false false Fri Sep 21 08:29:09 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 22 06:16:56 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 2 false false Sat Oct 28 07:16:46 -0700 2006 Thu Nov 30 17:30:25 -0800 2006 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Dec 02 22:40:15 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 22:56:03 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Oct 21 14:40:08 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 14:40:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 08:39:13 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 09:42:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 07:50:17 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 08:01:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Wed May 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 11:14:12 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 07:51:57 -0700 2009 a la Coelho's The Alchemist. No, Malamud simply seems to believe what he wrote t...more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Mar 29 09:26:29 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 06:43:01 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 09:26:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 true false Sun Jul 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 12:26:49 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 05:53:14 -0700 2009
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The good:

Malamud's writing can be humorous, at times even makes-you-chuckle-on-BART humorous. The in...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Aug 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 17 17:13:22 -0700 2008 Thu Nov 27 19:21:37 -0800 2008 The Literary Snob

There are few reasons why I'd pick up a book about baseball. As I compile a mental list, I find that nearly every possibility is due to either necessity or wit. Yet I did pick one up and even read it in its entirety for one very good reason: Bernard Malamud.


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11-28-07

Book Review

The Natural is a story written in 1952 and is by Bernard Malamud. It is arguably the greatest baseball novel ever written. It was Bernard Malamud’s most successful books but he also wrote The Fixe...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 30 14:53:55 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 30 14:55:29 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Oct 27 12:00:36 -0700 2006 Fri Oct 27 12:02:47 -0700 2006 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. It was a lot of fun to look at the comparisons between baseball and a med...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Dec 11 11:31:16 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 11:50:09 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Aug 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 12:53:24 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 18:15:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jan 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 16:06:57 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 16:06:57 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=685