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Most of Malamud's works focus on the problems of the Jews. A New Life, his third novel, also has a Jewish hero. The Fixer, partially based on history, is set in the final years of Czarist Russia when anti-Semitism was part of the government's policy. The leading character, Yakov Bok, is arrested and tortured for allegedly making a blood sacrifice of a Christian child. Despite this, during his two years of imprisonment, he becomes a wiser and stronger human being.
The reader might find Malamud's short stories equally interesting. Some critics have maintained that Malamud is...
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