The Magician of Lublin

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The Magician of Lublin is a novel by Nobel Prize–winning author Isaac Bashevis Singer that follows a talented Jewish magician in turn-of-the-century Poland as he grapples with faith, temptation, and moral downfall.


Statements (40)
Predicate Object
instanceOf novel
adaptationDirector Menahem Golan
adaptationLanguage English
adaptationReleaseYear 1979
adaptationType film
author Isaac Bashevis Singer NERFINISHED
authorAward Nobel Prize in Literature
authorAwardedFor Isaac Bashevis Singer NERFINISHED
authorEthnicity Jewish
authorNationality Polish-American
characterOccupation magician
characterReligion Judaism
containsElement adultery
magic
religious crisis
countryOfOrigin Poland
genre Jewish literature
novel
psychological fiction
hasAdaptation The Magician of Lublin (film)
hasPublisher various publishers
hasSubject Jewish identity
free will
morality
spiritual struggle
hasTranslation English translation
literaryForm prose
literaryMovement 20th-century literature
mainCharacter Yasha Mazur
narrativePerspective third-person narrative
notableFor exploration of sin and repentance
portrayal of Jewish life in Eastern Europe
originalAudience Yiddish-speaking readers
originalLanguage Yiddish
settingPlace Poland
settingTime turn of the 20th century
theme faith
moral downfall
redemption
temptation

Referenced by (4)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Icek Hersz Zynger
Isaac Bashevis Singer
notableWork
The Magician of Lublin ("The Magician of Lublin (film)")
hasAdaptation
Yiddish literature
hasNotableWork

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