![]() ![]() Yasha's complex infidelities, the inevitable by-product of his search for inner coherence, lead to a suicide. And then his solace turns into his purgatory as he allows his love for the widow to develop into a serious relationship which demands that he upset the balance of his life, abandon his other obligations, and go with her. ![]() Brilliant and magnetic, Yasha finds solace in the women who love him-his wife, his partner, a prostitute, and, finally, a cultured Christian widow. The position of Yasha Mazur in nineteenth century Poland was doubly anomalous: as a prestidigitator, hypnotist, and tight rope performer, par excellence, he mingled with and was acclaimed by every level of society and at the same time consigned to the statusless ranks of the bohemian as a half-Jew he suffered all the restrictions placed on non-Gentiles in that society without enjoying the spiritual security the ghetto provided observant Jews. ![]()
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