A New Life
novel by Malamud
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American literature
- In American literature: Realism and metafiction
The Assistant (1957), and A New Life (1961), were also impressive works of fiction; The Assistant had the bleak moral intensity of his best stories. Paley’s stories combined an offbeat, whimsically poetic manner with a wry understanding of the ironies of family life and progressive politics. While Roth was…
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- In Bernard Malamud
His other novels are A New Life (1961), The Tenants (1971; film 2005), Dubin’s Lives (1979), and God’s Grace (1982).
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