Read Time: ~5.8 hr
A New Life
by Bernard Malamud (1961)
About this book
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.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraLate 20th Century
Protagonist / CoreNotable Characters
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