"Is he an American Master? Of course. He not only wrote in the
American language, he augmented it with fresh plasticity, he shaped
our English into startling new configurations." --Cynthia Ozick
"God's Grace "(1982), Bernard Malamud's last novel, is a
modern-day dystopian fantasy, set in a time after a thermonuclear
war prompts a second flood-a radical departure from Malamud's
previous fiction.
The novel's protagonist is paleolosist Calvin Cohn, who had been
attending to his work at the bottom of the ocean when the
Devastation struck, and who alone survived. This rabbi's son?a
"marginal error"?finds himself shipwrecked with an experimental
chimpanzee capable of speech, to whom he gives the name Buz. Soon
other creatures appear on their island-baboons, chimps, five apes,
and a lone gorilla. Cohn works hard to make it possible for God to
love His creation again, and his hopes increase as he encounters
the unknown and the unforeseen in this strange new world.
With "God's Grace," Malamud took a great risk, and it paid off. The
novel's fresh and pervasive humor, narrative ingenuity, and tragic
sense of the human condition make it one of Malamud's most
extraordinary books.
General
Imprint: |
Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
FSG Classics |
Release date: |
April 2005 |
First published: |
April 2005 |
Authors: |
Bernard Malamud
|
Dimensions: |
211 x 140 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
223 |
Edition: |
Farrar, Straus and Giroux pbk. ed |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-374-52967-3 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
LSN: |
0-374-52967-1 |
Barcode: |
9780374529673 |
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