The Natural
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The Natural is a 1952 novel about baseball by Bernard Malamud, and is his debut novel. The story follows Roy Hobbs, a baseball prodigy whose career is sidetracked after he is shot by a woman whose mot
Cover page of The Natural (first edition)
A signed first edition copy of The Natural held by Oregon State University, which employed Malamud.
The Natural (film)
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The Natural is a 1984 American sports drama film based on Bernard Malamud's 1952 novel of the same name, directed by Barry Levinson, and starring Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close, Kim Basing
The Natural
…I wrote The Natural as a tale of a mythological hero… [I] tried to use [mythology] to symbolize and explicate an ethical dilemma of American life.” A film adaptation of the same name starring Robert Redford as Roy Hobbs was released in 1984. In contrast to the book, the film ends victoriously. Nineteen-year-old Roy…
Theatrical release poster