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The Assistant: A Novel (FSG Classics) by Malamud, Bernard; Rosen, Jonathan is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Assistant: A Novel (FSG Classics) about?

Introduction by Jonathan Rosen. Bernard Malamud's second novel, originally published in 1957, is the story of Morris Bober, a grocer in postwar Brooklyn, who "wants better" for himself and his family. First two robbers appear and hold him up; then things take a turn for the better when broken-nosed Frank Alpine becomes his assistant. But there are complications: Frank, whose reaction to Jews is ambivalent, falls in love with Helen Bober; at the same time he begins to steal from the store. Like Malamud's best stories, this novel unerringly evokes an immigrant world of cramped circumstances and great expectations. Malamud defined the immigrant experience in a way that has proven vital for several generations of writers.

Who reads The Assistant: A Novel (FSG Classics)?

Author

Malamud, Bernard; Rosen, Jonathan

Publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9780374106447

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction

Rating

3.88 / 5 (7,317 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14