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Classic Fiction. In this collection of stories Malamud displays his great gifts as a writer - his humour, his profound concern for all human life and his ability to transmute common things and people into a strange poetry. Many of his characters are Jewish the title story, for example, is about a rabbinical student trying to find a wife through a very peculiar marriage broker but through his gentle and haunting exploration of their predicaments he illuminates a region that is common to every man's world. Add to Cart. Add to Wishlist. The stories settled swiftly and deeply into my consciousness; now that I have read them, I cannot believe there was ever a time I had not' Jhumpa Lahiri. Bernard Malamud wrote seven novels. He died in System by Circle. About Us. The Magic Barrel

After her fifteen-year marriage ends, Lena Finkle gets an eye-opening education in love, sex, and loss when she embarks on a string of online dates, all while raising her two teenage daughters.

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The Vampire of Bensonhurst, the Orphan, Disaster Man, and the Diamond Psychiatrist are just a few of the unforgettable characters she meets along the way. Evoking Louis C. Greta G — Nov 07, No, it's not a novel either. This is a book like no other ; a patchwork of memories, emotions and experiences, panels bursting with words and drawings, a sketchbook crowded with dialogue and stream of consciousness monologue.

It requires some strenuous effort from the reader to persevere. This unusual, verbose autobiographical graphic memoir feels "An entertaining intellect wrapped in ill-fitting clothes" Kirkus Reviews If you're looking for a graphic novel, this is not the book you should read.

This unusual, verbose autobiographical graphic memoir feels claustrophobic The Magic Barrel the first quarter of the book will likely drive you crazy.

Lena Finkle, the author's alter ego, is a 37 year old Russian Jewish new immigrant. She's the mother of two teenage girls and recently divorced from her second husband after 15 years of hostile marriage. She tries to get back on her feet, solely responsible for her life for the first time, writes a successful novel.

With the help of an online dating site, she starts dating men view spoiler [with little success to the amusement of the reader hide spoiler ]. On a bus ride, she meets a man who's reading Bernard Malamud's The Magic Barrel The Magic Barrel, and they start dating. He seems to be a sensitive but damaged man who calls himself "The Orphan". For several months they are inseparable, have good sex and share their most The Magic Barrel stories and feelings, until suddenly, The Orphan dumps her and leaves her heartbroken. The book not only deals with the online dating and her romance with The Orphan, but also with her youth and education, an incident of sexual abuse she endured as a child, the relationship with her parents and friends, her marriages, parenthood, writing and books.

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The author exposes herself in a way not many women would have the courage to do. I've never seen a better representation of the despair one feels after being unexpectedly and inexplicably dumped by a loved one. Barrdl The Orphan nothing but an emotional The Magic Barrel The second part of the book that deals with this loss and grief is quite powerful.

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This supposedly graphic novel offers several interesting literary allusions. This story is about Joe Finkle, who wants to become a rabbi and who enlists the help of a Jewish matchmaker to find a wife. This matchmaker draws the proposed matches from his "magic barrel", with uncertain results. There's also a reference to Chekhov's short story "The Darling", in which The Magic Barrel woman has several relationships and totally adopts the man's interests, identities and concerns.

She seems not to be able to think and live for herself.]