{"product_id":"the-magic-barrel-9780374525866","title":"The Magic Barrel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the National Book Award for Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIntroduction by Jhumpa Lahiri \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBernard Malamud's first book of short stories, \u003ci\u003eThe Magic Barrel\u003c\/i\u003e, has been recognized as a classic from the time it was published in 1959. The stories are set in New York and in Italy (where Malamud's alter ego, the struggleing New York Jewish Painter Arthur Fidelman, roams amid the ruins of old Europe in search of his artistic patrimony); they tell of egg candlers and shoemakers, matchmakers, and rabbis, in a voice that blends vigorous urban realism, Yiddish idiom, and a dash of artistic magic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Magic Barrel \u003c\/i\u003eis a book about New York and about the immigrant experience, and it is high point in the modern American short story. Few books of any kind have managed to depict struggle and frustration and heartbreak with such delight, or such artistry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Strauss \u0026amp; Giroux-3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/07\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374525866\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e National Book Awards - Winner","brand":"Bernard Malamud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42325226520757,"sku":"9780374525866","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_9d604007-48b1-4e1f-83d5-4d54bd9bc26a.jpg?v=1660017850","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-magic-barrel-9780374525866","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}