This collection of stories is really a single novel that gives life only to 17th century Prague, What a fascinating glimpse into mostly Jewish characters, the grind of (mostly poor) daily life, and the Jewish ghetto, the mystic legends of Rabbi Loe and all other characters are truly revealed remarkably.
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Born in Prague in 1882, Leo Perutz was a novelist and mathematician. He wrote eleven novels and was much praised by writers such as Italo Calvino, Jorge Luis Borges and Graham Greene. He died on 25 April 1957.
Text: English, German (translation)
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