An edition of The Assistant (1957)

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An edition of The Assistant (1957)

The assistant

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Frank, a troubled, somewhat desperate, Italo-American works long hours in the grocery store of a struggling Jewish family in a Brooklyn neighborhood. He develops a secret passion for his employer's attractive daughter.

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Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Language
English
Pages
246

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Subjects

Criminals Fiction Grocers Italian Americans Jewish converts from Christianity Jewish families New York New York (State) Psychological fiction American fiction (fictional works by one author) New york (n.y.), fiction Large type books Fiction in English Cliffs notes Jews Malamud, bernard, 1914-1986 American literature Jewish authors Translations into Russian

People

Bernard Malamud (1914-)

Places

Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Russia

Times

The Depression 1920s

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Cover of: The assistant
The assistant
2003, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
in English
Cover of: The Assistant (Dell, 0386)
The Assistant (Dell, 0386)
1973-01-01, Dell
in English
Cover of: The assistant
The assistant: a novel
1965, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
in English
Cover of: The Assistant
The Assistant
1963-01-01, Signet
in English
Cover of: The assistant
The assistant: a novel.
1957, Farrar, Straus and Cudahy
in English
Cover of: The assistant
The assistant
1957, New American Library
in English

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Published in
New York
Genre
Fiction.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54
Library of Congress
PS3563.A4 A8 2003, PS3563.A4A8 2003

The Physical Object

Pagination
xi, 246 p. ;
Number of pages
246

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL3696579M
ISBN 10
0374504849
ISBN 13
9780374504847
LCCN
2003104943
OCLC/WorldCat
52539225
LibraryThing
29424
Goodreads
3068

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL1937852W

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