"Without heroes, we're all plain people, and don't know how far we can go."
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Novelists from the United StatesShort story writers from the United StatesJews from the United StatesPeople from New York CityAgnostics from the United States
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The Natural (1952) p. 154
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Bernard Malamud
Bernard Malamud (April 26, 1914 β March 18, 1986) was an American novelist and short-story writer. His stories often take the form of moral fables dealing with the struggles of Jewish-American characters.
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