A Summer’s Reading | A Summer’s Reading

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Author: Bernard Malamud
First Published: 1956
Type of Plot: Social realism
Time of Work: The mid-twentieth century
Setting: New York City
Principal Characters: George Stoyonovich, Sophie Stoyonovich, His father, Mr. Cattanzara
Genres: Social realism, Short fiction
Subjects: New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Teenagers, Twentieth century, New York City, Education or educators, Books, Poverty or poor people, Reading
Locales: New York, NY

Because George Stoyonovich left school on an impulse when he was sixteen, he has been through a string of unsatisfying jobs. Now he is almost twenty years old and unemployed. He does not go to summer school because he feels that the other students will be too young. He does not go to night school because he does not want the teachers to tell him what to do. Instead, he stays in his room most of the day, sometimes cleaning the apartment, which is located over a butcher store. His father is poor, and his sister Sophie earns little, so George has little money to...

A Summer’s Reading | A Summer’s Reading

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