The Fixer (Magill’s Choice: American Ethnic Writers)
At a glance:
- Author: Bernard Malamud
- First Published: 1966
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: Prisons, 1910’s, Jews or Jewish life, Anti-Semitism, Existentialism, Russia or Russian people
- Locales: Kiev, Ukraine
The Work
Based on the story of a Russian Jew, Mendel Beiless, who was tried and acquitted in czarist Russia for the ritual murder of a Christian child, The Fixer artistically re-creates that history. It also represents, in its theme, persecution in general. Bernard Malamud creates in this novel a story like a parable, similar in theme and style to his other works, that recounts the protagonist’s spiritual growth and affirms personal dignity and moral integrity even in a world that seems incomprehensible. Yakov Bok, the hero, a Jew, comes to define himself, value...
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