The Fixer (1966) is Bernard Malamud's best-known and most acclaimed novel one that makes manifest his roots in Russian fiction, especially that of Isaac Babel.
Set in Kiev in 1911 during a period of heightened anti-Semitism, the novel tells the story of Yakov Bok, a Jewish handyman blamed for the brutal murder of a young Russian boy. Bok leaves his village to try his luck in Kiev, and after denying his Jewish identity, finds himself working for a member of the anti-Semitic Black Hundreds Society. When the boy is found nearly drained of blood in a cave, the Black Hundreds accuse the Jews of ritual murder. Arrested and imprisoned, Bok refuses to confess to a crime that he did not commit.
The Fixer (1966) is Bernard Malamud's best-known and most acclaimed novel one that makes manifest his roots in Russian fiction, especially that of Isaac Babel.
Set in Kiev in 1911 during a period of heightened anti-Semitism, the novel tells the story of Yakov Bok, a Jewish handyman blamed for the brutal murder of a young Russian boy. Bok leaves his village to try his luck in Kiev, and after denying his Jewish identity, finds himself working for a member of the anti-Semitic Black Hundreds Society. When the boy is found nearly drained of blood in a cave, the Black Hundreds accuse the Jews of ritual murder. Arrested and imprisoned, Bok refuses to confess to a crime that he did not commit.
The Fixer (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
352The Fixer (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
352Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780374529383 |
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Publisher: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Publication date: | 05/05/2004 |
Series: | FSG Classics |
Pages: | 352 |
Sales rank: | 613,606 |
Product dimensions: | 6.35(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d) |
Lexile: | 960L (what's this?) |