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.
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| instanceOf |
novel
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| adaptationDirector |
Menahem Golan
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| adaptationLanguage |
English
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| adaptationReleaseYear |
1979
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| adaptationType |
film
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| author |
Isaac Bashevis Singer
NERFINISHED
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| authorAward |
Nobel Prize in Literature
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| authorAwardedFor |
Isaac Bashevis Singer
NERFINISHED
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| authorEthnicity |
Jewish
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| authorNationality |
Polish-American
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| characterOccupation |
magician
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| characterReligion |
Judaism
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| containsElement |
adultery
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magic → religious crisis → |
| countryOfOrigin |
Poland
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| genre |
Jewish literature
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novel → psychological fiction → |
| hasAdaptation |
The Magician of Lublin (film)
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| hasPublisher |
various publishers
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| hasSubject |
Jewish identity
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free will → morality → spiritual struggle → |
| hasTranslation |
English translation
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| literaryForm |
prose
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| literaryMovement |
20th-century literature
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| mainCharacter |
Yasha Mazur
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| narrativePerspective |
third-person narrative
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| notableFor |
exploration of sin and repentance
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portrayal of Jewish life in Eastern Europe → |
| originalAudience |
Yiddish-speaking readers
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| originalLanguage |
Yiddish
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| settingPlace |
Poland
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| settingTime |
turn of the 20th century
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| theme |
faith
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moral downfall → redemption → temptation → |
Referenced by (4)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Icek Hersz Zynger
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Isaac Bashevis Singer → |
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The Magician of Lublin
("The Magician of Lublin (film)")
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hasAdaptation |
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Yiddish literature
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hasNotableWork |