"More than 50 stories on the Jewish experience this century. They chronicle the lives of Old Country ancestors, refugees, immigrants or just simple wanderers like the anti- hero Fidelman. The settings are on both sides of the Atlantic."
"Brings together all of the late author's short fiction from the past four decades--fifty-three stories in all--ranging from his early work, taken from the National Book Award-winning "The Magic Barrel," to his latest."@en
"This volume brings together fifty-four stories written over four decades - from "Armistice," which Malamud wrote on the job at the U.S. Census Department in 1940, to "Alma Redeemed," written in 1984, by which time Malamud was a distinguished man of letters with an array of honors, the admiration of his peers, and the acclaim of readers."@en
"Malamud's stories give us immigrant Jews and their descendants pondering moral questions and experiencing moments of magical intervention while enduring life's ridiculous situations."@en