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| Author | Bernard Malamud |
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| Cover artist | Milton Glaser[1] |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fiction (short stories) |
| Set in | New York City and Italy |
| Published | 1958 Jewish Publication Society Farrar, Straus & Cudahy |
| Publication place | US |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 214 |
| Awards | National Book Award for Fiction (1959) |
| OCLC | 289279 |
| Preceded by | The Assistant (1957) |
| Followed by | A New Life (1961) |
The Magic Barrel is a 1958 collection of thirteen short stories written by Bernard Malamud and published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Also, the Jewish Publication Society released its own edition at the same time. It won the 1959 U.S. National Book Award for Fiction.[2] It was also Malamud's debut collection of stories.
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"National Book Awards – 1959". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
(With essays by Liz Rosenberg and Harold Augenbraum from the Awards 60-year anniversary blog.)