I have a bad memory, read a lot and often forget what I’ve read – same with movies.) I pulled up my comments on The Penitent and was simply astonished at how similar the two books are, and that my thinking about that novel two years ago is nearly identical with my response to The Magician of Lublin now. (One of the key reasons I began to write out comments on books I read was much less for others than for myself. I opened a file for “Singer” and was surprised to find that I had read and commented on his novel The Penitent just two years ago. Whenever that is, the issue I have to then figure out is: with whom am I in disagreement? The main character, the author or both? I was still undecided about this when I sat down to at least start some notes. Not in the writing itself it is a very well-told and gripping story. Isaac Bashevis Singer: THE MAGICIAN OF LUBLIN THE MAGICIAN OF LUBLINĪfter finishing this novel and thinking about it a few days as I took my daily bike rides, I realized I had certain discomforts with it.
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