The Magic Barrel
1958 short story collection by Bernard Malamud / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Magic Barrel is a 1958 collection of thirteen short stories written by Bernard Malamud and published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Also, the Jewish Publication Society released its own edition at the same time. It won the 1959 U.S. National Book Award for Fiction. [2] It was also Malamud's debut collection of stories.
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Author | Bernard Malamud |
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Cover artist | Milton Glaser[1] |
Country | US |
Language | English |
Genre | Fiction (short stories) |
Set in | New York City and Italy |
Published | 1958 Jewish Publication Society Farrar, Straus & Cudahy |
Media type | Print (hardcover) |
Pages | 214 |
Awards | National Book Award for Fiction (1959) |
OCLC | 289279 |
Preceded by | The Assistant (1957) |
Followed by | A New Life (1961) |
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