{"product_id":"the-escape-artist-judith-katz-9781612940373","title":"The Escape Artist","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Katz lives up to her first novel's potential in this moving, funny, wholly original picaresque about a nice Jewish girl. . . . The pasts and common destiny of two remarkable women--related with perfect timing in Sofia's convincing Yiddish-tinged English--come together beautifully in this nicely crafted, emotionally satisfying, and well-researched historical fiction.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Escape Artist\u003c\/i\u003e, a brilliant work of historical fiction . . . fast-paced and gorgeously written novel\" --\u003ci\u003eLiberty Press\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in the brothels and gangster dens of Jewish Buenos Aires at the beginning of the twentieth century, \u003ci\u003eThe Escape Artist\u003c\/i\u003e catapults us into the lives of Sofia Teitelbaum and Hankus Lubarsky. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSofia, a nice Jewish girl from Poland, is lured away from home by Tutsik Goldenberg, a wealthy traveling businessman who claims to be a lonely Argentine diamond merchant in search of a wife. Upon arriving in Buenos Aires, Tutsik dumps Sofia at his sister's brothel. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHankus, also a nice Jewish girl from Poland, is passing as a man. Having escaped the pogroms of Poland that killed her family, she lives her life as a handsome and mysterious magician and escape artist. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Tutsik spots the talented juggler and acrobat Hankus he envisions success as his manager, seeing Hankus as the means to get out from under his sister's thumb. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSofia and Hankus fall in love and their attempts to walk the tightrope of love, freedom, and independence are quickly put to the test. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSex, deception, magic, and love are the main ingredients of this tour de force novel by Lambda Literary Award winner Judith Katz. In \u003ci\u003eThe Escape Artist\u003c\/i\u003e, Katz reveals that all human interactions consist of love and hate, deception and candor, altruism and self-interest. This is as true in our lives today as it was in an immigrant community at the turn of the last century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJudith Katz \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of two published novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Escape Artist\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRunning Fiercely Toward a High Thin Sound\u003c\/i\u003e, which won a Lambda Literary Award for Best Lesbian Fiction. She has received Bush Foundation, McKnight Foundation, and National Endowment fellowships for fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Judith Katz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1612940374\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781612940373\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bywater Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/09\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.70d","brand":"Judith Katz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43984616325375,"sku":"9781612940373","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0f147b32-a849-4c0f-977a-61143476e491.jpg?v=1683273277","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-escape-artist-judith-katz-9781612940373","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}