Assistant.

Malamud, Bernard

Published by Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, New York, 1957

About this Item

First edition of Malamud's second novel, which went on to win the Daroff Fiction Award from the Jewish Book Council of America and theĀ Award of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Bernard Malamud on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a chip to the crown of the spine. Jacket design by Milton Glaser. Set in a working-class neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, it explores the situation of first- and second-generation Americans in the early 1950s as experienced by three main characters and the relationships between them: an aging Jewish refugee from the Russian Empire who owns and operates a failing small grocery store, a young Italian American drifter trying to overcome a bad start in life by becoming the grocer's assistant and the grocer's daughter, who becomes romantically involved with her father's assistant despite parental objections and misgivings of her own. It was the basis for the 1998 film directed by Daniel Petrie. Time Magazine named it to its list of "All-Time 100 Novels.".

Seller Inventory # 100488

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Assistant.
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, New York
• Publication Date: 1957
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • First Edition>Signed