The Devil’s Trick
An Evening of Short Stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer*
A free livestream event on Saturday, 20th February 2021 at 7.30 p.m
*All the stories are child-friendly
Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression. The chasm is never completely bridged. We all have the conviction, perhaps illusory, that we have much more to say than appears on the paper
Isaac Bashevis Singer
‘The snow had been falling for three days and three nights. Houses were snowed in and windowpanes covered with frost flowers. The wind whistled in the chimneys. Gusts of snow somersaulted in the cold air.’
And so begins our second story of the evening, ‘The Devil’s Trick’. The story of David, a poor boy with a pale face and black eyes, taking care of his baby brother in their one-room hut. Worryingly, their parents have not returned from the village and so David decides to go looking for them. But, the Devil and his Wife are on the loose. Before he sets off, David lights the Hanukkah candle and he knows that Heaven and Earth have vowed that however shrewd the Devil is, he will always make a mistake…especially on Hanukkah.
Tune in on Saturday, 20th February 2021 at 7.30 p.m to find out what happens to David, his parents and the Devil and his Wife by clicking on the following link:
The playlist with a selection of music from our evening can also be found here:
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