The trick
(Large Print)
Uniform Title
Author
Published
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2018.
Edition
Large print edition.
ISBN
9781432846954, 1432846957
Physical Desc
457 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Status
Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Belmont Beech St. - Large Print | LARGE PRINT FIC BER | Storage |
Lexington - Large Print | LARGE TYPE BERGMANN | On Shelf |
Newton - Large Print | LARGE PRINT BERGMANN, E | On Shelf |
More Details
Published
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2018.
Format
Large Print
Edition
Large print edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9781432846954, 1432846957
Notes
General Note
"Thorndike Press large print basic."
Description
A deeply moving, humorous story of a boy who believes in everything and an old man who believes in nothing. In 1934, a rabbi's son in Prague joins a traveling circus, becomes a magician, and rises to fame under the stage name the Great Zabbatini just as Europe descends into World War II. When Zabbatini is discovered to be a Jew, his battered trunk full of magic tricks becomes his only hope of surviving the concentration camp where he is sent. Seven decades later in Los Angeles, ten-year-old Max finds a scratched-up LP that captured Zabbatini performing his greatest tricks. But the track in which Zabbatini performs his love spell--the spell Max believes will keep his disintegrating family together--is damaged beyond repair. Desperate for a solution, Max seeks out the now elderly, cynical magician and begs him to perform his magic on his parents. As the two develop an unlikely friendship, Moshe discovers that Max and his family have a surprising connection to the dark, dark days the Great Zabbatini experienced during the war. Recalling the melancholy humor of Isaac Bashevis Singer and the heartbreaking pathos of the film Life is Beautiful --this outstanding first novel is at once an irreverent yet deeply moving story about a young boy who believes in magic and a disillusioned old man who believes in nothing, as well as a gripping and heartfelt tale about the circle of life.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Bergmann, E. (2018). The trick (Large print edition.). Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Bergmann, Emanuel, 1972-. 2018. The Trick. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Bergmann, Emanuel, 1972-. The Trick Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Bergmann, Emanuel. The Trick Large print edition., Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2018.
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