The Stories of Bernard Malamud Author:Bernard Malamud Bernard Malamud began his distinguished career writing stories. The early ones appeared in university magazines, and in 1949 he sold his first story, "The Cost of Living", one of the twenty-five he as chosen from a large output for this rich collection. When he won the National Book Award in 1959 it was for the stories in The Magic Barrel. Hi... more »s stories are radiant with personal vision. Compassionate and profound in their wry humor, they capture the poetry of human relationships at the point where reality and imagination meet.« less