B然而，生活的单调不能奏出优美的音乐，世界的庸俗不能激发出灿烂的火花，人类情感的温暖和寒冷不能融合成五彩缤纷的彩霞。所有这一切给人类的孤独增加了更多的忧郁和沉默aruchMayr,sonofanorthodoxrabbifromapoorshtetlinGalizia,decidestobreakwiththefamilytraditionandleavetheshtetltobecomeanactor.Duetothisbehaviourhisfatherbanshimfromhisfamily.Baruch,whojoinedasmallburlesquetroupeisdiscoveredbyanAustrianErzherzogin(archdutchess)whointroduceshimtothedirectorofthemostimportantTheaterinVienna,theBurgtheater.Baruchreceivesacontractthereandbecomesmoreandmoreanassimilatedjew.ButhisrelationwiththeErzherzoginisn’tapprovedbytheAustriancourt,sotheyhavetoendit.Whenanoldfriendofhisfather,whoisalwaystravelingfromoneJewishcommunitytothenext(andhastoldhimfirstaboutthetheatresintheworld),Baruchbecomesalittlebithomesickandreturnsforaholidaytohisoldshtetltoseehisfolksandtopickuphischildhoodsweetheart.Buthisfatherwantshimnottoenterhishouse,sohereturnstoVienna,withhisbride.Buthisoldfrienddoesnotstoptryingtoconvincehisfatherofhiserrors.—StephanEichenberg