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A new life by Bernard Malamud · Booklabria

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First published: 1961
Editions: 32 in 9 languages

Synopsis

Sy Levin, a high school teacher beset by alcohol and bad decisions, leaves New York for the Pacific Northwest to start over, imagining that an extraordinary new life awaits him there. Soon after arriving, he realizes that he had fallen for the myth of the West as a place of personal reinvention.

Subjects: Teachers
College teachers
Recovering alcoholics
Cuentos estadounidenses
Set in: United States
Pacific Northwest

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32 in 9 languages

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English22 Danish1 French1 Hebrew1 All 9 languages

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