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Magic Words
Gerald Koplan
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Description for Magic Words
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, Photograph. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 28. Weight in Grams: 422.
Young Jewish immigrant Julius comes of age surrounded by the wild world of 1867 Nebraska. He befriends the mysteriousProphet John, who saves his life when the two are captured by the Ponca Indian tribe. Living as a slave, Julius meets the noble chief Standing Bear and his young daughter, Prairie Flower, with whom he falls in love. But Julius has reckoned without the arrival of his older cousin, Alexander—who, as the Great Herrmann, is the most famous young magician in America. Nor does he suspect the ultimate consequences of Alex’s affair with Lady-Jane Little Feather, a glamorous—and murderous—prostitute destined to ... Read more
Young Jewish immigrant Julius comes of age surrounded by the wild world of 1867 Nebraska. He befriends the mysteriousProphet John, who saves his life when the two are captured by the Ponca Indian tribe. Living as a slave, Julius meets the noble chief Standing Bear and his young daughter, Prairie Flower, with whom he falls in love. But Julius has reckoned without the arrival of his older cousin, Alexander—who, as the Great Herrmann, is the most famous young magician in America. Nor does he suspect the ultimate consequences of Alex’s affair with Lady-Jane Little Feather, a glamorous—and murderous—prostitute destined to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Pegasus Books United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781605984315
SKU
V9781605984315
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Gerald Koplan
Gerald Kolpan, author of Etta (2009), previously was a contributor to NPR’s All Things Considered and for twenty years was the Emmy award-winning features reporter for Philly’s WXTF–TV. He lives in Philadelphia.
Reviews for Magic Words
“Magic Words is a complicated, breathlessly plotted fictional take on the American Jewish experience unlike anything we’ve seen from Philip Roth, Chaim Potok, Saul Bellow, or Bernard Malamud . . . To quote the great prestidigitator (and actor and director) Orson Welles: ‘What makes a good magician? He’s the man who can get that rabbit out in time.’ In Magic ... Read more