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3.91. 3,411 ratings242 reviews. Yasha the magician - sword swallower, fire eater, acrobat and master of escape - is famed for his extraordinary Houdini-like skills. Half Jewish, half Gentile, a free thinker who slips easily between worlds, Yasha has an observant wife, a loyal assistant who travels with him and a woman in every town.
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Plot summary. The story is set in the mid-1880s in Russian-ruled Poland. The main character Yasha Mazur is a magician from Lublin, who travels around Poland to perform before audiences. He is Jewish, but not very devout, and married to Esther.
- Isaac Bashevis Singer
- 1971
Oct 4, 2011 · Pub Date: May 1, 1960. ISBN: 0374532540. Page Count: 256. Publisher: Noonday. Review Posted Online: Oct. 4, 2011. Kirkus Reviews Issue: May 1, 1960. Categories: LITERARY FICTION. Share your opinion of this book. BOOK REVIEW. by Isaac Bashevis Singer ; translated by David Stromberg ; edited by David Stromberg. BOOK REVIEW.
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Sep 29, 2010 · The dark power of The Magician of Lublin is nowhere clearer than in its instruction that, for a modern man, to return to God may require a decision as violent and frightening as any crime....
Issac Bashevis Singer died in Florida in 1991. Yasha the magician - sword swallower, fire eater, acrobat and master of escape - is famed for his extraordinary Houdini-like skills. Half Jewish, half Gentile, a free thinker who slips easily between worlds, Yasha has an observant wife, a loyal assistant who travels with him and a woman in every town.
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