The Assistant, 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...

Ein neues Leben von Malamud, Bernard

This is a book about heroism - of sorts. He could become one of the great ones of the game, a player unmatched in his time - a hero. But his first hard-won big chance ends violently, at the hands of a crazy girl, and then it is years...

Aus dem Amerikan. von Herta Haas / Piper ; Bd. 1564 1992 361 S. ; 19 cm kart.