The Magician of Lublin: A Novel
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The fiftieth anniversary of a lost classic―a deceptively sophisticated tale of sexual compulsion and one man's flight from loveYasha Mazur is a Houdini-like performer whose skill has made him famous throughout eastern Poland. 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. For Yasha is an escape artist not only onstage but in life, a man who lives under the spell of his own hypnotic effect on women. Now, though, his exploits are catching up with him, and he is tempted to make one final escape―
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Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Release date: 14 September 2010
ISBN-10 : 0374532540 | ISBN-13: 9780374532543
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Release date: 14 September 2010
ISBN-10 : 0374532540 | ISBN-13: 9780374532543