<p>A true American classic, Bernard Malamud's THE ASSISTANT is acknowledged as one of the award-winning author's greatest works. In a novel distinguished by unparalleled emotional power and authenticity, Malamud draws a penniless Italian-American drifter with a troubled conscience an a violent personal history into the world of a Jewish grocer struggling to eke out a living in a crumbling Brooklyn neighborhood. In the despair--and ultimately in the love--of the grocer's beautiful but unfulfilled daughter, Frank Alpine finds the motivation to confront his past and seek his own redemption, even if it costs him everything he has gained. <i>--This text refers to the paperback edition of this title</i></p>

The Assistant

Literature & Fiction

MALAMUD, BERNARD

United States

Jewish Contemporary Classics Inc

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Fourth Street East

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Genre Fiction

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