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Tag: The Magician of Lublin

The Magician of Lublin – Isaac Bashevis Singer

On September 15, 2018August 30, 2018 By bookskepticIn Reviews1 Comment

It is one of those books that I should have read when I was younger. I have had it for years and for years it has always been pushed down my TBR. Finally I read the Polish edition I own. The book is a story of Yasha Mazur, a Jewish performer/magician living in the late …

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July round-up

On August 1, 2018May 5, 2019 By bookskepticIn Thoughts3 Comments

July was a busy month, I have been with my mum to a Rolling Stones concert in Warsaw, which was amazing despite absolutely horrible acoustics in the stadium (but then who came up with the idea of stadium concerts is beyond me, clearly they are designed to echo). Then on the following weekend I happened …

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