{"product_id":"my-father-is-a-book-isbn-9781619021013","title":"My Father is a Book","description":"Bernard Malamud was one of the most accomplished American novelists of the postwar years. From the Pulitzer Prize winner \u003ci\u003eThe Fixer\u003c\/i\u003e as well as \u003ci\u003eThe Assistant\u003c\/i\u003e, named one of the best \"100 All–Time Novels\" by \u003ci\u003eTime Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e—to mention only two of the more than a dozen published books—he not only established himself in the first rank of American writers but also took the country's literature in new and important directions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn her signature memoir, Smith explores her renowned father's life and literary legacy. Malamud was among the most brilliant novelists of his era, and counted among his friends Philip Roth, Saul Bellow, Theodore Roethke, and Shirley Jackson. Yet Malamud was also very private. Only his family has had full access to his personal papers, including letters and journals that offer unique insight into the man and his work. In her candid, evocative, and loving memoir, his daughter brings Malamud to vivid life.Praise for \u003ci\u003eMy Father Is a Book\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Janna Malamud Smith penetrates to the soul of a great writer's life and family. . .Malamud is alive in this memoir – and in his daughter's stirring gift.\" —James Carroll\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book is a must for anyone interested in the work of Bernard Malamud, or, indeed, the writer's life.\" —Mary Gordon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Courageous. . . intimate. . . Smith is a passionate and uncompromising truth–teller, and it is by telling the truth that she has honored her father and mother as well as her readers.\" —Jonathan Kirsch, \u003ci\u003eL.A. Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Keen and nuanced. . . A profound portrait of a loving father, a writer whose struggles with his own frailties fueled enduring works of literature.\" —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (Starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMy Father Is a Book\u003c\/i\u003e does what the best reminiscences of artists do: It leads us back to the work.\" —Edith Pearlman, \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"At once loving and lovely, a book worthy of the man.\" —Jonathan Yardley, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This beautifully written book should do much to rekindle interest in Malamud's work.\" —Heller McAlpin, \u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Deserving. . . generous–spirited. . . compelling.\" —Steve Weinberg, \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[Smith] tenderly fills in the missing pieces of a man who exists as much on the page as he does in her memory.\" —\u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Excellent. . .[a traditional] biography would be hard–pressed to match the emotional complexity and intensity that make this memoir hum with energy.\" —\u003ci\u003eCleveland Plain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Moving, unostentatiously eloquent... Analytical without being acrimonious, honest without wallowing in self–preening exposure, this is a wise, generous book full of insights...\" —Merle Rubin, \u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Candid yet sensitive. . . exquisitely captures ‘the particular psychic pleasure and confusion' of being the daughter of novelist\/short–story writer Bernard Malamud. . . The author amply demonstrates that she has inherited her father's unblinking moral scrutiny and sympathy for the yearning heart.\" —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Smith's own superior writing in My Father Is a Book beautifully evokes her father's spirit and life, proving that talent runs in the family.\" —\u003ci\u003eRocky Mountain News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eJanna Malamud Smith\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eAn Absorbing Errand: How Artists and Craftsmen Make Their Way to Mastery\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eA Potent Spell: Mother Love and the Power of Fear\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003ePrivate Matters: In Defense of the Personal Life\u003c\/i\u003e.  Her titles have been \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Books and \u003ci\u003eA Potent Spell\u003c\/i\u003e was a Barnes and Noble \"Discover Great New Writers\" pick. She has written for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ethe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eThreepenny Review\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications. A practicing psychotherapist, she lives with her husband and two children in Massachusetts.","brand":"Counterpoint","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303511216357,"sku":"NP9781619021013","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781619021013.jpg?v=1767733260","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/my-father-is-a-book-isbn-9781619021013","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}