{"title":"Bernard Malamud","description":"\u003cp\u003eBernard Malamud’s fiction offers profound insights into the human condition, often exploring themes of hardship, morality, and redemption. His narratives delve into the complexities of everyday lives with a blend of realism and compassion that resonates long after the last page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect richly drawn characters and poignant storytelling, where moments of struggle and hope intertwine seamlessly. Works like \u003cem\u003eThe Tenants\u003c\/em\u003e exemplify his skill in portraying the nuances of personal and social conflict within urban settings.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-tenants-by-bernard-malamud-9780099289876","title":"The Tenants","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1971, \u003cem\u003eThe Tenants\u003c\/em\u003e is a ruthlessly funny dissection of a relationship of profound unease and mutual destruction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe last remaining tenant in a condemned New York tenement, Harry Lesser struggles against rising panic and escalating odds to complete the novel he started ten years earlier. Then he stumbles on a black man, sitting typing in one of the deserted flats: Willie Spearmint, soul writer. Touchy, hostile and anti-semitic, demanding then denouncing Lesser's critical help with his floridly violent tales of oppression, Spearmint is exactly what Lesser doesn't need - or does he?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48228602413292,"sku":"9780099289876","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780099289876-the-tenants-1.jpg?v=1787606513"},{"product_id":"the-magic-barrel-by-bernard-malamud-9780099436980","title":"The Magic Barrel","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Magic Barrel\u003c\/em\u003e offers an experience akin to a rite of initiation. Jhumpa Lahiri describes it as stories that settled swiftly and deeply into her consciousness, stating that she cannot believe there was ever a time she had not read them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA matchmaker finds love for a would-be rabbi; a shopkeeper dies because he cannot afford a doctor; a little girl steals candy; an angel visits a grieving tailor. Through Bernard Malamud's great gifts as a writer—humour and profound concern for the matter of human life—he transmutes the particular struggles of everyday sufferers into a strange poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48228602740972,"sku":"9780099436980","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780099436980-the-magic-barrel-1.jpg?v=1787606589"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/bernard-malamud.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}