ARTICLES ABOUT BERNARD MALAMUD
Obituary: Bernard Malamud Dies at 71 (1986)
By MERVYN ROTHSTEIN
The obituary quotes Philip Roth, who said Malamud's deepest concern was "what it is to be human, and to be humane."
Pictures of Malamud (1986)
By PHILIP ROTH
"The sorrowing chronicler of human need clashing with human need," wrote Roth about his friend, "preferred to present himself as someone whose needs were nobody's business but his own."
A Talk With the Novelist (1979)
By RALPH TYLER
"My morale is dancing at the moment," said Malamud on the eve of the publication of "Dubin's Lives."
For Malamud It's Story (1971)
By ISRAEL SHENKER
"With me it's story, story, story," said Malamud in this interview.
A Talk With B. Malamud (1961)
By ISRAEL SHENKER
Is "A New Life" autobiographical? "Let's say the switch from the East to the West suggested much of the material," said the novelist.
A REMINISCENCE BY BERNARD MALAMUD
Reflections of a Writer: Long Work, Short Life (1988)
By BERNARD MALAMUD
In this transcript of a lecture at Bennington College in 1984, Malamud says, "Not always is the gift of talent given free and clear."
REVIEWS OF BERNARD MALAMUD'S BOOKS
'The Complete Stories' (1997)
Review by WALTER GOODMAN
Malamud's magic barrel of schnorrers and schleppers is re-tapped in his collected stories.
First Chapter
'The People: And Uncollected Stories' (1989)
Review by BETTE PESETSKY
An intriguing posthumous book, which consists of an unfinished novel and 16 short stories.
'The Stories of Bernard Malamud' (1983)
Review by ROBERT ALTER
This volume of 25 stories, chosen by the author, reflects his work from 1950 to the present, and it admirably represents his special achievement.
'God's Grace' (1982)
Review by ALAN LELCHUK
A fable by turns charming and foolish, topical and farfetched, provocative and innocent.
'Dubin's Lives' (1979)
Review by CHRISTOPHER LEHMANN-HAUPT
"One writes lives he can't live," says the protagonist, a biographer, of Malamud's bitter-comic novel.
'Rembrandt's Hat' (1973)
Review by ROBERT KIELY
The theme of these stories will be familiar to Malamud's readers: failure, defeat, fatigue, loneliness, old age.
'The Tenants' (1971)
Review by MORRIS DICKSTEIN
Malamud's best book in years is about two men, one black and one Jewish.
'Pictures of Fidelman' (1969)
Review by ANATOLE BROYARD
What's a nice Jewish writer like Malamud doing in Italy?
'The Fixer' (1966)
Review by GEORGE P. ELLIOTT
Set in Kiev in the years before World War I, Malamud's novel observes the persecution of a Jew by anti-Semites.
'Idiots First' (1963)
Review by IHAB HASSAN
When does endurance become surrender? asks Malamud in these stories.
'A New Life' (1961)
Review by DAVID L. STEVENSON
The hero of Malamud's novel pursues happiness and winds the unexpected.
'The Magic Barrel' (1958)
Review by WILLIAM PEDEN
An identification with grief permeates these stories, but Malamud's fiction bubbles with life.
'The Assistant' (1957)
Review by WILLIAM GOYEN
In these stories, simple people struggle to make their lives better in a world of bad luck.
'The Natural' (1952)
Review by HARRY SYLVESTER
Malamud's first novel is an allegory disguised as a baseball yarn.