The Fixer vs The melting-pot: Which Should You Read?

The Fixer Bernard Malamud · 1901 ★★★★☆ 4.0 307 pages · ≈ 5 h 41 m · Challenging

“From the small crossed window of his room above the stable in the brickyard, Yakov Bok saw people in their long overcoats running somewhere early that morning, everybody in the same direction.”

In Tsarist Russia, Yakov is accused of a ritual murder he did not commit.

The melting-pot Israel Zangwill · 1841 ★★★★☆ 3.7 146 pages · ≈ 2 h 42 m · Challenging

“The scene is laid in the living-room of the small home of the QUIXANOS in the Richmond or non-Jewish borough of New York, about five o'clock of a February afternoon.”

The scene is laid in the living-room of the small home of the Quixanos in the Richmond or non-Jewish borough of New York, about five o'clock of a February afternoon. At centre back is a double street-door giving on a…