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The past exudes legend: one can't make pure clay of time's mud.

Bernard Malamud

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Bernard Malamud
Age: 71 †
Born: 1914
Born: April 26
Died: 1986
Died: March 18
Author
Novelist
Screenwriter
University Teacher
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Brooklyn
New York
Legends
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Exudes
Time
Mud
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Clay

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