Malamud's classic 1957 story of a young Gentile hoodlum who works at a family-owned Jewish grocery store in exchange for a place to stay. What the family doesn't know is that he was one of the boys responsible for a previous robbery of their store.
year: 2003, 1957, 2000, 1980
call number/section: 1000
subjects: jewish converts from christianity, fiction, italian americans, jewish families, criminals, grocers, brooklyn (new york, n.y.), fiction, new york, new york (n.y.)
Editions
Malamud, Bernard
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2003)
Frank, a troubled, somewhat desperate, Italian American, works long hours in the grocery store of a struggling Jewish family in a Brooklyn neighborhood where he develops a secret passion for his employer's attractive daughter.
Schools: 1
Malamud, Bernard
Avon (1957)
Frank, a troubled, somewhat desperate, Italo-American, works long hours in the grocery store of a struggling Jewish family in a Brooklyn neighborhood. He develops a secret passion for his employer's attractive daughter.
Schools: 2
Malamud, Bernard
Perennial Classics (2000)
Malamud's classic 1957 story of a young Gentile hoodlum who works at a family-owned Jewish grocery store in exchange for a place to stay. What the family doesn't know is that he was one of the boys responsible for a previous robbery of their store.
Schools: 1
Malamud, Bernard
Avon Books (1980)
Frank, a troubled, somewhat desperate, Italo-American works long hours in the grocery store of a struggling Jewish family in a Brooklyn neighborhood. He develops a secret passion for his employer's attractive daughter.
Schools: 0