{"product_id":"9780374525866","title":"The Magic Barrel Stories - Malamud, Bernard","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003eThe Magic Barrel Stories\u003c\/u\u003e by Malamud, Bernard\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished by Macmillan, 2003\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the National Book Award for Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e \n\n\n\nIntroduction by Jhumpa Lahiri\n\n\n\nBernard Malamud's first book of short stories, The Magic Barrel, has been recognized as a classic from the time it was published in 1959. The stories are set in New York and in Italy (where Malamud's alter ego, the struggleing New York Jewish Painter Arthur Fidelman, roams amid the ruins of old Europe in search of his artistic patrimony); they tell of egg candlers and shoemakers, matchmakers, and rabbis, in a voice that blends vigorous urban realism, Yiddish idiom, and a dash of artistic magic.\n\n\n\nThe Magic Barrel is a book about New York and about the immigrant experience, and it is high point in the modern American short story. Few books of any kind have managed to depict struggle and frustration and heartbreak with such delight, or such artistry.\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eProduct image is for illustration purposes only and may not be an exact representation of the product offered for sale.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan, 2003","offers":[{"title":"The Magic Barrel Stories \/ Very Good","offer_id":54064756818212,"sku":"9780374525866VG","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/9951\/4148\/files\/8940073482321.jpg?v=1779987727","url":"https:\/\/brookingsbooks.com\/products\/9780374525866","provider":"Brookings Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}