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Painter-storyteller Ari's novel is a true original, with roots in Jewish mysticism and Yiddish folklore? extravagant, charming, and deeply serious in its matter-of-fact mingling of moral history, prophecy and magic.-"Kirkus Reviews"A Chagall painting brought to life, the novel traces the episodic journey of an orphaned 18th-century cobbler in search of the legendary Jewish rabbi and miracle worker, the Baal Shem Tov.Ari, Mark is the author of 'Shoemaker's Tale', published 1993 under ISBN 9780939010387 and ISBN 0939010380.
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