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November 21, 1902 july 24, 1991 was a polishamerican writer in yiddish, awarded the nobel prize in literature in 1978. It was written in yiddish and translated to english by elaine gottlieb and joseph singer. Complete summary of isaac bashevis singers the magician of lublin. Adam kirsch, tablet singers minute particulars, at which he is a. In the story, yasha mazur played by alan arkin is a turnofthe20thcentury.
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