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The First Seven Years written by Bernard Malamud About the passage:Written in 1950 Published in The Magic Barrel in 1958 Allusion :Biblical story of how Jacob labored in the service of Laban for seven years to win the hand of Rachel About the author: Born on April 26, 1914, in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Russian Jewish immigrants Bertha Fidelman and Max Malamud. In 1932 enrolled at City College of New York, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1936. From 1936 to 1938 attended Columbia University and was awarded a Master’s degree in literature in 1942. Worked as a clerk in the Bureau of the Census in Washington, D.C. From 1940 to 1949 and taught evening classes in high schools, mostly to immigrants in Brooklyn. First published stories appeared in 1943. Married Anne de Chiara, an Italian descent in 1945. First novel, The Natural, was published in 1952 . His major works: The Natural (novel) (1952) The Assistant (novel) (1957) The Magic Barrel (short story collection) (1958) A New Life (novel) (1961) Idiots First (short story collection) (1963) The Jewbird (1963) The German Refugee (1964) The Fixer (novel) (1966) Pictures of Fidelman (short story collection) (1969) The Tenants (novel) (1971) Rembrandt’s Hat (short story collection) (1974) Dubins Lives (novel) (1979) God’s Grace (novel) (1982) The characters: Feld, Miriam Feld ,Max, Sobel Themes:The Material v. the Spiritual The American Dream The Last Spin written by Evan Hunter About the author: Evan Hunter (1926-2005), was a prolific American author and screen writer. Though he was a successful and well-known writer using the Evan Hunter name (a name he legally adopted in 1952), he was perhaps even better known as Ed McBain, a name he used for most of his crime fiction beginning in 1956. In 1919, moved to Chicago, involved in illegal gambling, alcohol and prostitution, went into jail for income tax evasion in 1931, released because of “good behavior” and a severe disease 8 ye