In one of this author's stories, Stella is introduced to the protagonist by her father Pinye Salzman. That story centers on a rabbinical student who is looking for a wife and falls in love with a photograph. Maurie Cohen is tutored by the talking bird Schwartz in "The Jewbird," another of his stories, while he also wrote or Helen's love for Frank Alpine, who is employed by her father, grocery store owner Morris Bober. In another novel, Bub Simpson is killed in an athletic accident and Max Mercy digs up dirt on the title character, as Harriet Bird shoots baseball player Roy Hobbs. For 10 points, name this author of The Magic Barrel, The Assistant, and The Natural.
In one of this author's stories, Stella is introduced to the protagonist by her father Pinye Salzman. That story centers on a rabbinical student who is looking for a wife and falls in love with a photograph. Maurie Cohen is tutored by the talking bird Schwartz in "The Jewbird," another of his stories, while he also wrote or Helen's love for Frank Alpine, who is employed by her father, grocery store owner Morris Bober. In another novel, Bub Simpson is killed in an athletic accident and Max Mercy digs up dirt on the title character, as Harriet Bird shoots baseball player Roy Hobbs. For 10 points, name this author of The Magic Barrel, The Assistant, and The Natural.
In one of this author's stories, Stella is introduced to the protagonist by her father Pinye Salzman.
Bernard Malamud