Pictures of Fidelman

by Bernard Malamud

Overview

This is the story in art of the painter Arthur Fidelman, born in the Bronx and spending years of his life in Italy--Rome, Milan, Florence and Venice--pursuing his tumultuous career through adventure and misadventure. What perhaps saved him from disaster (Fidelman is a comic hero whose every next step is a trap sprung by bad luck as though his luck were good) is that he kept his finger in art, perhaps without knowing it seeking "perfection of the life" as well as the work. Six pictures of Fidelman comprise an exhibition.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781466807044
Publisher:	Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication date:	12/23/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	225
File size:	365 KB

About the Author

Acclaimed for his short stories, Bernard Malamud (1914-1986) received two National Book Awards (for The Magic Barrel and the novel The Fixer) and the Pulitzer Prize (for The Fixer). A native of Brooklyn, he taught for many years at Bennington College.

Date of Birth:

April 28, 1914

Date of Death:

March 18, 1986

Place of Birth:

Brooklyn, New York

Place of Death:

New York, New York

Education:

B.A., City College of New York, 1936; M.A., Columbia University, 1942

Editorial Reviews

"Fidelman is ... in the tradition of Malamud's hapless heroes which Marcus Klein called the school of slapstick angst; the funny, sad, self-confessed failure who, while he never succeeds, still triumphs. Unquestionably." —Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)

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