A New Life by Bernard Malamud

When Sy Levin, a high school teacher beset by alcohol and bad decisions, leaves the city for the Pacific Northwest to start over, it's no surprise that he conjures a vision of the extraordinary new life awaiting him there: 'He imagined the pioneers in covered wagons entering this valley for the first time. Although he had lived little in nature Levin had always loved it, and the sense of having done the right thing in leaving New York was renewed in him.' Soon after his arrival at Cascadia College, however, Levin realizes he has been taken in by a mirage. The failures pile up anew, and Levin, fired from his post, finds himself back where he started and little the wiser for it. This 1968 Penguin Books Paperback is in fair condition.

ISBN: 9780140026665 SKU: 1424572 Note: Any image shown is from a stock photo and is not the actual book.

SKU: 1424572
Location: Fiction