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~oncern. G!2!XSG!XlGS becomes a strongly-felt plea on the needfor compassion which is the only means to save the world fromthe impending doom.In pictures ef Fidelman it 1s resistance on the part ofsusskind and Beppo that results in Fldelman's liberation asartlst and man. Almost every episode in the novel ends with anact of violence. A mature awareness of love redeems both victimand victimiser, both Fldelman and Annamaria at the end of"st111 Life". The heroism of the Malamud protagonist, histranscendence of self and world, is dependent on such anawareness.Malamud's three collections of short-stories- ThT;m, and Rembrandt's && has placed him as ashort story writer of considerable skill. He 1s often comparedwlth great Yiddish masters as I.L.Peretz, Mocher Sefcrim, andSholom Alerchen not only for hls technique of story - telllngbut also for his "concern for moralrty and ethlcs".(Sieqel1965,171) The compassion whlch shapes Malamud's moral vision inhis novels is evldent In many of hls short storles as well.Reeling under the pressure of misfortune and injustice,Malamud's characters strive to seek redemption il compassion.A deep concern for compassion unlfles Malamud's apparentlydissimilar stories. Inordinate suffering In the w,inhuman violence in~dlots ~lrst and failure of