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The fiftieth anniversary of a lost classic--a deceptively sophisticated tale of sexualcompulsion and one man's flight from love Yasha 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 finalescape--from his wife and his homeland and the last tendrils of his father's religion. Set in Warsaw and the shtetls of the 1870s--but first published in 1960--Isaac Bashevis Singer's second novel hides a haunting psychological portrait inside a beguiling parable. At its heart, this is a book about the burden of sexual freedom. As such, it belongs on a small shelf with such mid-century classics asRabbit, Run;The Adventures of Augie March; andThe Moviegoer. As Milton Hindus wrote inThe New York Times Book Review, "The pathos of the ending may move the reader to tears, but they are not sentimental tears . . . [Singer] is a writer of far greater than ordinary powers."… (más)
Muy conocido en Polonia oriental, Yasha Mazur se dedica a recorrer diversas poblaciones representando sus vistosos números de magia, acrobacia y escapismo. Pero sus trucos y su habilidad para el ilusionismo no se limitan a los escenarios. Medio judío, medio gentil, Yasha no tiene problemas para moverse a su conveniencia entre ambos mundos y vivir sin restricciones morales. Sin ir más lejos, sus largas giras le permiten dejar en casa a su esposa, una judía practicante, y caer en brazos de otras mujeres. Sin embargo, quizá ha de llegar el día en el que Yasha ya no pueda escapar tan fácilmente como hace en algunos de sus números ante el público y se vea obligado a decidir el rumbo que debe tomar su vida.
The fiftieth anniversary of a lost classic--a deceptively sophisticated tale of sexualcompulsion and one man's flight from love Yasha 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 finalescape--from his wife and his homeland and the last tendrils of his father's religion. Set in Warsaw and the shtetls of the 1870s--but first published in 1960--Isaac Bashevis Singer's second novel hides a haunting psychological portrait inside a beguiling parable. At its heart, this is a book about the burden of sexual freedom. As such, it belongs on a small shelf with such mid-century classics asRabbit, Run;The Adventures of Augie March; andThe Moviegoer. As Milton Hindus wrote inThe New York Times Book Review, "The pathos of the ending may move the reader to tears, but they are not sentimental tears . . . [Singer] is a writer of far greater than ordinary powers."
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