Bernard Malamud

A volume of this scope and significance, marking the centennial of Bernard Malamud’s birth, is long overdue. Bernard Malamud is arguably one of the major postwar writers whose work, connecting immigrant literature with postwar literature, changed American writing and American Jewish writing in a profound way. No other volume like this one exists, combining the work of Malamud scholars in the United States and Europe, and pointing to the continuing evolving relevance of Malamud’s work for a global audience in the twenty-first century. The editors and contributors have made a major contribution to the field in this impressive volume that is a fitting tribute to the lasting legacy of Bernard Malamud.

~Avinoam Patt

Bernard Malamud: A Centennial Tribute is an essential addition to Malamud scholarship. Gathering accomplished transatlantic scholars to revisit Malamud's central role in twentieth-century Jewish-American fiction, this timely, exemplary collection freshly illuminates Malamud's preoccupations and places his work in vivid conversation with the work of other American and European writers.

~Debra Shostak, Mildred Foss Thompson Professor of English Language and Literature, the College of Wooster

Bernard Malamud was one of the great Jewish literary icons of the twentieth century. The essays in this volume reveal an international and cross-cultural dialogue bound to illuminate both scholarly and lay readers. Victoria Aarons and Gustavo Sánchez Canales deserve our appreciation.

~Alan L. Berger, Raddock Family Eminent Scholar Chair in Holocaust Studies

This Centennial Tribute delivers significant new insights into the writing and the life of the exemplary American author Bernard Malamud. With internationally known contributors from the U.S. and abroad, the collection enacts a global dialogue on such pertinent issues as Malamud's unique literary voice, his representation of the ethical life, and his legacy. As such, the contributors honor the linguistic fluidity and adaptability we associate with Malamud himself, whose own representation of the American Jewish landscape has changed the way we think about canonical literature in the twentieth century.

~Aimee Pozorski, Professor of English at Central Connecticut State University