The Assistant
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The Assistant is a 1957 novel by Bernard Malamud that explores themes of guilt, redemption, and immigrant life in mid-20th-century America through the relationship between a Jewish shopkeeper and his troubled assistant.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Assistant canonical | 2 |
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Bernard Malamud ⓘ |
| centralRelationship | relationship between a Jewish shopkeeper and his assistant ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| depicts |
Jewish immigrant life in America
ⓘ
struggles of small shopkeepers ⓘ |
| explores |
assimilation and cultural preservation
ⓘ
atonement for wrongdoing ⓘ conflict between ethical ideals and personal desire ⓘ poverty and economic hardship ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Frank Alpine
ⓘ
Helen Bober ⓘ Ida Bober ⓘ Morris Bober ⓘ |
| followsWorkOfAuthor | The Natural ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
ⓘ
novel of immigrant life ⓘ |
| hasApproximateLength | about 250–300 pages ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | critically acclaimed ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780374504844 ⓘ |
| hasNarrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| hasReputation | one of Bernard Malamud's major works ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| includedIn | 20th-century American literature canon ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postwar American literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
Jewish identity
ⓘ
guilt ⓘ immigrant experience ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ redemption ⓘ |
| protagonist |
Frank Alpine
ⓘ
Morris Bober ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1957 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ⓘ
surface form:
Farrar, Straus and Cudahy
|
| settingCity | New York City ⓘ |
| settingCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| settingPeriod | mid-20th-century America ⓘ |
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