An edition of The Assistant
(1957)
The assistant
a novel.
by Bernard Malamud, SparkNotes Staff, and SparkNotes
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A struggling neighborhood Jewish grocer takes on a helper who falls in love with his daughter and steals from his store.
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Criminals, Fiction, Grocers, Italian Americans, Jewish converts from Christianity, Jewish families, New York, New York (State), Psychological fiction, American fiction (fictional works by one author), New york (n.y.), fiction, Large type books, Fiction in English, Cliffs notes, Jews, Malamud, bernard, 1914-1986, American literature, Jewish authors, Translations into RussianPeople
Bernard Malamud (1914-)Places
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.), RussiaTimes
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Assistant (SparkNotes Literature Guide)
2014, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.
in English
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Assistant (SparkNotes Literature Guide)
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The Assistant (Perennial Classics)
November 2000, Perennial (HarperCollins)
Paperback
in English
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The Assistant (Perennial Classics)
November 2000, Perennial (HarperCollins)
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El dependiente
1984, Editorial Seix Barral
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- 1a ed. en biblioteca Breve.
8432204250 9788432204258
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Frank, a troubled, somewhat desperate, Italo-American works long hours in the grocery store of a struggling Jewish family in a Brooklyn neighborhood. He develops a secret passion for his employer's attractive daughter.
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