The Magician of Lublin (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Isaac Bashevis Singer
- First Published: 1959
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: Late nineteenth century
- Setting: Poland
- Principal Characters: Yasha Mazur, Esther Mazur, Magda Zbarski, Zeftel Lekach, Emilia Chrabotzky
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Picaresque fiction
- Subjects: Magic or magicians, Prisons, Love or romance, Nineteenth century, Guilt, Robbery or robbers, Adultery, Faith, Poland or Polish people, Atonement
- Locales: Warsaw, Poland, Lublin, Poland
The Story:
At his home in Lublin, Yasha Mazur, a magician, got out of bed and ate the breakfast that his wife Esther had prepared. Again, he assured her that he had never been unfaithful, even on long trips such as that from which he had just returned. However, while he sat in a tavern drinking beer and discussing women, his thoughts turned to the woman with whom he was presently in love, Emilia Chrabotzky, who wanted him to convert to Catholicism, marry her, and move to Italy. Yasha could not get Emilia out of his mind, but he was reluctant to leave his childless wife, who had...
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