The Fixer
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, The Fixer stands as one of Bernard Malamud's most powerful and enduring works of historical fiction. Set in Tsarist Russia at the turn of the twentieth century, the novel chronicles the harrowing ordeal of Yakov Bok, a Jewish handyman who is falsely accused of the ritual murder of a Christian boy in Kiev. Drawing on the real-life case of Mendel Beilis, Malamud constructs a searing indictment of antisemitism and political persecution, tracing Bok's years of brutal imprisonment and psychological torment with unflinching moral clarity. The narrative is at once a deeply personal portrait of one man's suffering and a universal argument for human dignity, resilience, and the unbreakable will to survive injustice.
Author: Bernard Malamud
Format: Paperback
Genre: Historical fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, The Fixer stands as one of Bernard Malamud's most powerful and enduring works of historical fiction. Set in Tsarist Russia at the turn of the twentieth century, the novel chronicles the harrowing ordeal of Yakov Bok, a Jewish handyman who is falsely accused of the ritual murder of a Christian boy in Kiev. Drawing on the real-life case of Mendel Beilis, Malamud constructs a searing indictment of antisemitism and political persecution, tracing Bok's years of brutal imprisonment and psychological torment with unflinching moral clarity. The narrative is at once a deeply personal portrait of one man's suffering and a universal argument for human dignity, resilience, and the unbreakable will to survive injustice.