{"product_id":"the-assistant-9780374504847","title":"The Assistant","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Assistant\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLike Malamud's best stories, this novel unerringly evokes an immigrant world of cramped circumstances and great expectations. Malamud defined the immigrant experience in a way that has proven vital for several generations of writers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"His best novel . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Assistant\u003c\/i\u003e is as tightly written as a prose poem.\" --Morris Dickstein in \u003ci\u003eLeopards in the Temple: The Transformation of American Fiction 1945-1970\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-10493534\"\u003eBernard Malamud\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/07\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.22h x 5.52w x 0.68d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374504847\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374504849\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC084030\"\u003eWorld Literature | American | 20th Century\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBernard Malamud\u003c\/b\u003e (1914-86) wrote eight novels; he won the Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award for\u003ci\u003e The Fixer\u003c\/i\u003e, and the National Book Award for \u003ci\u003eThe Magic Barrel\u003c\/i\u003e. Born in Brooklyn, he taught for many years at Bennington College in Vermont.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42692899537133,"sku":"9780374504847","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_4fdde797-6b38-4061-ae3f-2fd04f0911e8.jpg?v=1747438003","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-assistant-9780374504847","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}