SOURCE: Sant, Arvindra. “Surrealism and the Struggle for Identity in The Fixer.” Studies in American Jewish Literature 7, no. 2 (fall 1988): 177-88.
In the following essay, Sant explains the significance of Malamud's use of fantasy and the surreal in his protagonist's imprisonment and eventual physical and emotional freedom.
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