Editing Bernard Malamud (section)

==Themes==
Writing in the second half of the twentieth century, Malamud was well aware of the social problems of his day: rootlessness, infidelity, abuse, divorce, and more. But he also depicted love as redemptive and sacrifice as uplifting. In his writings, success often depends on cooperation between antagonists. For example, in "[[The Mourners]]" landlord and tenant learn from each other's anguish. In "The Magic Barrel", the matchmaker worries about his "fallen" daughter, while the daughter and the rabbinic student are drawn together by their need for love and salvation.<ref>[http://www9.georgetown.edu/faculty/bassr/heath/syllabuild/iguide/malamud.html "Bernard Malamud (1914–1986)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724160208/http://www9.georgetown.edu/faculty/bassr/heath/syllabuild/iguide/malamud.html |date=2008-07-24 }}. Contributing Editor: Evelyn Avery(?). Georgetown University course materials(?).</ref>