Assistant  -  Malamud

KORTE INHOUD

9001561160

Bernard Malamud's second novel, originally published in 1957, is the story of Morris Bober, a grocer in postwar Brooklyn, who "wants better" for himself and his family. First two robbers appear and hold him up; then things take a turn for the better when broken-nosed Frank Alpine becomes his assistant. But there are complications: Frank, whose reaction to Jews is ambivalent, falls in love with Helen Bober; at the same time he begins to steal from the store.

Like Malamud's best stories, this novel u...
1991 Taal: Engels zie alle details...

Details

1991 Uitgever: Noordhoff 226 paginas Taal: Engels Grootte:  20x150x200 ISBN-10: 9001561160 ISBN-13: 9789001561161