Pictures of Fidelman

By (author): "Bernard Malamud"
Publish Date: January 1st 1969
Pictures of Fidelman
ISBN0452257581
ISBN139780452257580
AsinPictures of Fidelman
Original titlePictures of Fidelman
Arthur Fidelman, Bronx-born and raised, is a self-confessed failure as a painter. When he goes to Italy to prepare a critical study of Giotto, a zany adventure ensues. Pursued through the streets of Rome by the refugee Susskind, forced to abandon Giotto, feeling a reawakening desire to create art, falling into the hands of art thieves, hand-carving wooden Madonnas for sale, becoming a pimp, attempting to sculpt the perfect hole, Fidelman is a comic creation of genius.