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For a long time American English fiction had wandered at the fringes of being and was content with the portrayal of the outward existence of man. The larger socio-political issues merging from the altered historical perspective of the country had led the American English novelists to examine the relation of man and his surroundings in a realistic way. But when the protagonists of Malamud’s novels begin to confess their soul sickness and record their agonized soul-searching, they lead the readers into a profound concern with the self. This passionate self-exploration and burning quest for self-discovery in terms of the American past lie at the core of Malamud’s contribution to post-Independence American fiction in English.