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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.
The Magician of Lublin. Isaac Bashevis Singer. 3.91. 3,420 ratings241 reviews. Yasha the magician - sword swallower, fire eater, acrobat and master of escape - is famed for his extraordinary Houdini-like skills.
The Magician of Lublin is a 1979 drama film co-written and directed by Menahem Golan based on The Magician of Lublin by Isaac Bashevis Singer. The film's title song was performed by Kate Bush. Its soundtrack contains an original song written by British singer Kate Bush.
A fictional biography of Yasha Mazur, a Jewish escape artist and magician in eastern Poland. The novel explores his personal and professional struggles, his relationships with women, and his identity crisis in the face of the Holocaust.
Sinopsis de THE MAGICIAN OF LUBLIN. 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.
14 de sept. de 2010 · The Magician of Lublin: A Novel. Paperback – September 14, 2010. The fiftieth anniversary of a lost classic―a deceptively sophisticated tale of sexual compulsion and one man's flight from love. Yasha Mazur is a Houdini-like performer whose skill has made him famous throughout eastern Poland.
Summary. 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.
