by Isaac Bashevis Singer · Ediciones Orbis, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788475302041
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«El mago de Lublin» is the novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer, published by Ediciones Orbis in paperback (240 pages, in Spanish).
Set in Poland at the end of the 19th century, it tells the story of Yasha Mazur, a Jewish magician and acrobat known for his ability to escape from any bond. Caught between his wife, his religion and a passion for another woman, Yasha faces a crisis that tests his faith, his identity and his freedom.
The novel was originally published in Yiddish in 1960. Isaac Bashevis Singer won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978. This 1983 edition is part of the Los Premios Nobel collection.
It will appeal to readers of classic novels and historical fiction who appreciate Jewish literature and conflicts between faith and freedom.
Isaac Bashevis Singer was a Polish-born Jewish American novelist, short-story writer, memoirist, essayist, and translator in the United States. Some of his works were adapted for the theater. He wrote and published first in Yiddish and later translated his own works into English with the help of editors and collaborators. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978. A leading figure in the Yiddish literary movement, he was awarded two U.S. National Book Awards, one in Children's Literature for his memoir A Day of Pleasure: Stories of a Boy Growing Up in Warsaw (1970) and one in Fiction for his collection A Crown of Feathers and Other Stories (1974).
