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Heime Israelsky in Ballad of the Sad Cafe and Other Stories
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Heime Israelsky
Taught by Lafkowitz and increasingly getting all the praise, Heime is the violinist who is outpacing Frances's own playing: he's the titular (tee hee) Wunderkind. Though he only appears in the story in a picture, his success preoccupies Frances, who wonders why he succeeds, "the question would twist knife-like inside her."
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- Introduction
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Summary
- The Ballad of the Sad Café, Present Day
- The Ballad of the Sad Café, Part 1
- The Ballad of the Sad Café, Part 2
- The Ballad of the Sad Café, Part 3
- The Ballad of the Sad Café, Part 4
- The Ballad of the Sad Café, Part 5
- The Ballad of the Sad Café, Coda
- Wunderkind
- The Jockey
- Madame Zilensky and the King of Finland
- The Sojourner
- A Domestic Dilemma
- A Tree, A Rock, A Cloud
- Themes
- Characters
- Analysis
- Quotes
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