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Description
A classic that won Malamud both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award 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... read more
Memorable Quotes
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“If the state acts in ways that are abhorrent to human nature it's the lesser evil to destroy it.”
Yakov Bok quoting Spinoza
First Sentence
From the small crossed window of his room above the stable in the brickyard, Yakov Bok saw people in their long overcoats running somewhere early that morning, everybody in the same direction.
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Authors & Contributors
- Bernard Malamud (Author)
Awards
- Pulitzer Prize (1967: Fiction)
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