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The magician of lublin by isaac bashevis singer penguin books. He was one of the leading figures in the yiddish literary movement, and received the nobel prize in literature in 1978. The magician of lublin book by isaac bashevis singer. Isaac bashevis singers 14 novels in english, memoirs, and hundreds of short stories, set on four continents and in as many. Isaac bashevis singer books list of books by author isaac. Isaac bashevis singer the very essence of literature is the war between emotion and intellect. Yasha mazur is a houdinilike performer whose skill has made him famous throughout eastern poland. Yasha the magician sword swallower, fire eater, acrobat a. Isaac bashevis singer, polishborn american writer of novels, short stories, and essays in yiddish.

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Zlateh the goat and other stories isaac bashevis singer. Half jewish, half gentile, a freethinker who slips easily between worlds, yasha has an observant jewish wife, a gentile assistant who travels with him, and a mistress in every town. His fiction, depicting jewish life in poland and the united states, is remarkable for its rich blending of irony, wit, and wisdom. Discover more authors youll love listening to on audible. Told almost as if it were a suspense story, the magician is the tale of an exceptional individuals struggle with evilfrom the dust jacket. The magician of lublin by isaac bashevis singer goodreads. Isaac bashevis singer was born in 1902 in leoncin village near warsaw, capital of congress poland in the russian empire lands that were a part of the russian partition territories of the former polishlithuanian commonwealth.

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