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Gypsy Rizka is a novel of intelligence triumphing over brute force, the powers of the law, and the restrictions of social conventions. By living outside of town, alone, without family or any adult supervision, Rizka is automatically in defiance of the society of Greater Dunitsa, where people are expected to live by rules and customs.

For most of the novel, Rizka is an outsider, slipping into Greater Dunitsa to do her rounds, as...