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Primary Sources Malamud, Bernard. a New Life. New York: Farrar, Straus Primary Sources Malamud, Bernard. A New Life. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Penguin Books, 1961. ---. Dubin’s Lives. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1979. ---. God’s Grace. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1982. ---. Idiots First. New York: Farrar, Straus and Company, 1963. ---. Pictures of Fidelman, An Exhibition. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1969. ---. Rembrandt’s Hat. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1973. ---. Selected Stories. New York: Penguin Books, 1985. ---. Talking Horse: Bernard Malamud on Life and Work. New York: Columbia University Press, 1996. ---. The Assistant, Introduction and Notes. New York: Oxford University Press, 1981. ---. The Fixer. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1966. ---. The Magic Barrel. New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1958. x Malamud, Bernard. The People and Uncollected Stories. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1989. ---. 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