- Published: 27 July 2017
- ISBN: 9781446426371
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 192
The Magic Barrel
- Published: 27 July 2017
- ISBN: 9781446426371
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 192
A chance encounter that thrilled me as much as any book this year. Great writing in capsule form, Malamud's Magic Barrel is a bran tub of delights
theasylum.wordpress.com
Is he an American Master? Of course, he not only wrote in the American language, he augmented it with fresh plasticity, he shaped our English into startling new configurations.
Cynthia Ozick
His is a master of an alchemy whereby the grossest reality is converted to the most imaginative uses. He transcribes everyday life and yet the result glows with lights never seen on land or sea.
New York Herald Tribune
No crude summary can convey the subtleties of these stories, in which the paradox of guilt and happiness, the irony of good intentions and all human struggles against suffering are suggested sometimes by a single poetic image, a juxtaposition of gross trivialities with romantic and mystical thoughts... He is not only an original but a passionately honest writer
Times Literary Supplement
There are thirteen stoires in The Magic Barrel and every one of them is a small, highly individualized work of art. This is the kind of book that calls for not admiration but gratitude
Chicago Tribune
Funny and tragic and true to humanity
New York Times