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Stories by Bernard Malamud

Last modified on December 16, 2000

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Collections of Stories:

[The Magic Barrel] [Idiots First] [Pictures of Fidelman] [Rembrandt's Hat]

[The Stories of Bernard Malamud] [The People and Uncollected Stories]

[The Complete Stories]

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The Magic Barrel. New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1958.
  1. "The First Seven Years"
    Partisan Review, 17 (September-October, 1950), pp. 661-671.
  2. "The Mourners"
    Discovery, 5 (January, 1955), pp. 37-95.
  3. "The Girl of My Dreams"
    American Mercury, 76 (January, 1953), pp. 62-71.
  4. "Angel Levine"
    Commentary, 20 (December, 1955), pp. 534-540.
  5. "Behold the Key"
    Commentary, 25 (May, 1958), pp. 416-427.
  6. "Take Pity"
    America, (September 25, 1956), pp. .
  7. "The Prison"
    Commentary, 10 (September, 1950), pp. 252-255.
  8. "The Lady of the Lake"
  9. "A Summer's Reading"
    New Yorker, 32 (September 22, 1956), pp. 143-150.
  10. "The Bill"
    Commentary, 11 (April, 1951), pp. 355-358.
  11. "The Last Mohican"
    Partisan Review, 25 (Spring, 1958), pp. 175-196.
  12. "The Loan"
    Commentary, 14 (July, 1952), pp. 56-59.
  13. "The Magic Barrel"
    Partisan Review, 21 (November, 1954), pp. 587-603.
Idiots First. New York: Farrar, Straus, 1963.
  1. "Idiots First"
    Commentary, 32 (December, 1961), pp. 101-112.
  2. "Black is My Favorite Color"
    Reporter, 29 (July 18, 1963), pp. 43-44.
  3. "Still Life"
    Partisan Review, 29 (Winter, 1962), pp. 95-112.
  4. "The Death of Me"
    World Review, 26 (April, 1951), pp. 48-51.
  5. "A Choice of Profession"
    Commentary, 36 (September, 1963), pp. 235-241.
  6. "Life is Better than Death"
    Esquire, 59 (May, 1963), pp. 78-79.
  7. "The Jewbird"
    Reporter, 28 (April 11, 1963), pp. 33-36.
  8. "Naked Nude"
    Playboy, 10 (August, 1963), pp. 48-50, 52, 122-124.
  9. "The Cost of Living"
    Harper's Bazaar, 84 (March, 1950), pp. 142, 209, 212-213.
  10. "The Maid's Shoes"
    Partisan Review, 26 (Winter, 1959), pp. 32-44.
  11. "Suppose a Wedding"
    New Statesman, 65 (February 8, 1963), pp. 198-200.
  12. "The German Refugee"
    Saturday Evening Post, 236 (September 14, 1963), pp. 38, 39.
Pictures of Fidelman: An Exhibition. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1969.
[A novel and/or a collection of short stories about Arthur Fidelman.]
  1. "Last Mohican"
    Partisan Review, 25 (Spring, 1958), pp. 175-196.
    First collected in The Magic Barrel titled as "The Last Mohican".
  2. "Still Life"
    Partisan Review, 29 (Winter, 1962), pp. 95-112.
    First collected in Idiots First.
  3. "Naked Nude"
    Playboy, 10 (August, 1963), pp. 48-50, 52, 122-124.
    First collected in Idiots First.
  4. "A Pimp's Revenge"
    Playboy, 14 (September, 1968), pp. 68-70, 126, 156.
  5. "Pictures of the Artist"
    Atlantic, 222 (December, 1968), pp. 63-70. Originally titled "Pictures of Fidelman."
  6. "Glass Blower of Venice"
Rembrandt's Hat. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1973.
  1. "The Silver Crown"
    Playboy, 19 (December, 1972), pp. 120-122, ff.
  2. "Man in the Drawer"
    Atlantic, 221 (April, 1968), pp. 70-78, 89-93.
  3. "The Letter"
    Esquire, 78 (August, 1972), p. 136.
  4. "In Retirement"
    Atlantic, 231 (March, 1973), pp. 48-52.
  5. "Rembrandt's Hat"
    New Yorker, 49 (March 17, 1973), pp. 34-49.
  6. "Notes from a Lady at a Dinner Party"
    Harper's, 246 (February, 1973), pp. 86-90.
  7. "My Son the Murderer"
    Esquire, 70 (November, 1968), pp. 102-104.
  8. "Talking Horse"
    Atlantic, 230 (August, 1972), pp. 27-34.
The Stories of Bernard Malamud. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1983.
  1. "Introduction"
    [Written by Malamud. It supplies some important biographical data on the author you cannot get anywhere else.]
  2. "Take Pity"
    America, (September 25, 1956), pp. .
    First collected in The Magic Barrel.
  3. "The First Seven Years"
    Partisan Review, 17 (September-October, 1950), pp. 661-671.
    First collected in The Magic Barrel.
  4. "The Mourners"
    Discovery, 5 (January, 1955), pp. 37-95.
    First collected in The Magic Barrel.
  5. "Idiots First"
    Commentary, 32 (December, 1961), pp. 101-112.
    First collected in Idiots First.
  6. "The Last Mohican"
    Partisan Review, 25 (Spring, 1958), pp. 175-196.
    First collected in The Magic Barrel.
  7. "Black is My Favorite Color"
    Reporter, 29 (July 18, 1963), pp. 43-44.
    First collected in Idiots First.
  8. "My Son the Murderer"
    Esquire, 70 (November, 1968), pp. 102-104.
    First collected in Rembrandt's Hat.
  9. "The German Refugee"
    Saturday Evening Post, 236 (September 14, 1963), pp. 38, 39.
    First collected in Idiots First.
  10. "The Maid's Shoes"
    Partisan Review, 26 (Winter, 1959), pp. 32-44.
    First collected in Idiots First.
  11. "The Magic Barrel"
    Partisan Review, 21 (November, 1954), pp. 587-603.
    First collected in The Magic Barrel.
  12. "The Jewbird"
    Reporter, 28 (April 11, 1963), pp. 33-36.
    First collected in Idiots First.
  13. "The Letter"
    Esquire, 78 (August, 1972), p. 136.
    First collected in Rembrandt's Hat.
  14. "In Retirement"
    Atlantic, 231 (March, 1973), pp. 48-52.
    First collected in Rembrandt's Hat.
  15. "The Loan"
    Commentary, 14 (July, 1952), pp. 56-59.
    First collected in The Magic Barrel.
  16. "The Cost of Living"
    Harper's Bazaar, 84 (March, 1950), pp. 142, 209, 212-213.
    First collected in Idiots First.
  17. "Man in the Drawer"
    Atlantic, 221 (April, 1968), pp. 70-78, 89-93.
    First collected in Rembrandt's Hat.
  18. "The Death of Me"
    World Review, 26 (April, 1951), pp. 48-51.
    First collected in Idiots First.
  19. "The Bill"
    Commentary, 11 (April, 1951), pp. 355-358.
    First collected in The Magic Barrel.
  20. "God's Wrath"
    Atlantic, 229 (February, 1972), pp. 59-62.
  21. "Rembrandt's Hat"
    New Yorker, 49 (March 17, 1973), pp. 34-49.
    First collected in Rembrandt's Hat.
  22. "Angel Levine"
    Commentary, 20 (December, 1955), pp. 534-540.
    First collected in The Magic Barrel.
  23. "Life is Better than Death"
    Esquire, 59 (May, 1963), pp. 78-79.
    First collected in Idiots First.
  24. "The Model"
    Atlantic, 252 (August, 1983), p. 80.
  25. "The Silver Crown"
    Playboy, 19 (December, 1972), pp. 120-122, ff.
    First collected in Rembrandt's Hat.
  26. "Talking Horse"
    Atlantic, 230 (August, 1972), pp. 27-34.
    First collected in Rembrandt's Hat.
The People and Uncollected Stories. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1989.
[A collection of Malamud's unfinished novel The People and previously uncollected short stories.]
  • "Introduction"
    [Written by Robert Giroux, Malamud's editor. It supplies some important biographical data on the author you cannot get anywhere else.]
  • The People
    [Malamud's last and unfinished novel in sixteen chapters with the "Author's Notes" in the end.]
  • Stories
    1. "Armistice"
      [Written in Washington in 1940.]
    2. "Spring Rain"
      [Written in 1942.]
    3. "The Literary Life of Laban Goldman"
      Assembly, 1 (November, 1943), pp. 24-27.
    4. "The Grocery Store"
      [Written in 1944.]
    5. "Benefit Performance"
      Threshold, 3 (February, 1943), pp. 20-22.
    6. "The Place is Different Now"
      American Preface, 8 (Spring, 1943), pp. 230-242.
    7. "An Apology"
      Commentary, 12 (November, 1951), pp. 460-464.
      [The year of publication is mistakenly printed as 1957 in 1991 Kosofsky, although it is "November 1951" in 1969 Kosfsky. It is also mistakenly printed as 1957 in the "Sources" of The People. I owe this finding to Leonard J. Lehrman.]
    8. "Riding Pants"
      [Written in 1953.]
    9. "A Confession of Murder"
      [The first section of the unpublished novella The Man Nobody Could Lift. Written in 1952-53.]
    10. "The Elevator"
      The Paris Review, 31 (Fall, 1989), pp. ?? [Written in Italy in 1957]
    11. "An Exorcism"
      Harper's, 237 (December, 1968), pp. 534-540.
    12. "A Wig"
      Atlantic, 245 (January, 1980), pp. 33-36.
    13. "Zora's Noise"
      Gentlemen's Quarterly [GQ], 245 (January, 1985), pp. 124-126, 164-168.
    14. "A Lost Grave"
      Esquire, 103 (May, 1985), pp. 204, 206.
    15. "In Kew Garden"
      Partisan Review, [Double Anniversary Issue] 51 (1984), and 52 (1985), pp. 536-540.
    16. "Alma Redeemed"
      Commentary, 78 (July, 1984), pp. 30-34.
  • Sources
    [Reveals the sources of the stories collected. Most of the comments above in brackets (i.e. [Written in...] ) are based on this section.]
The Complete Stories. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1997.
[A complete collection of Malamud's fifty-five stories "arranged as accurately as possible in the order of composition rather than publication" according to the editor Robert Giroux (the "Introduction" of the book). Click on The Complete Stories here to see its content.]

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