Fan CastingThe Assistant
by Bernard Malamud
Story added by devahutiraichaliha on January 5, 2021
Set in a working-class neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, it explores the situation of first- and second-generation Americans in the early 1950s as experienced by three main characters and the relationships among them: an aging Jewish refugee from the Russian Empire who owns and operates a failing small grocery store; a young Italian American drifter trying to overcome a bad start in life by b...
#bildungsroman
#brooklyn
#newyork
#immigrant
#family
#workingclass
#war