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1 online resource (ix, 329 pages) |
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Jews lcdgt |
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Latin Americans lcdgt |
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Men Women lcdgt |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-329). |
| Contents |
Introduction / by Ilan Stavans -- Argentina. Camacho's wedding feast / Alberto Gerchunoff ; translated from the Spanish by Prudencio de Pereda -- In honor of Yom Kippur / Samuel Rollansky ; translated from the Yiddish by Alan Astro -- A man and his parrot / José Rabinovich ; translated from the Yiddish by Debbie Nathan -- Innocent spirit / Alicia Steinberg ; translated from the Spanish by Andrea G. Labinger -- Celeste's heart / Aída Bortnik ; translated from the Spanish by Alberto Manguel -- Remembrances of things future / Mario Szichman ; translated from the Spanish by Iván Zatz -- A nice boy from a good family / Ana María Shúa ; translated from the Spanish by Andrea G. Labinger -- The closed coffin / Marcelo Birmajer ; translated from the Spanish by Sharon Wood -- Colombia. Temptation / Salomón Bbriansky ; translated from the Yiddish by Moisés Mermelstein -- Chile. Solomon Licht / Yoyne Obodovski ; translated from the Yiddish by Moisés Mermelstein -- Asylum / Ariel Dorfman -- Peru. The conversion / Isaac Goldemberg ; translated from the Spanish by Hardie St. Martin -- Mexico. Genealogies / Margo Glantz ; translated from the Spanish by Susan Basnett -- From like a bride / Rosa Nissán ; translated from the Spanish by Dick Gerdes -- In the name of the name / Angelina Muníz-Huberman ; translated from the Spanish by Lois Parkinson Zamora -- The invisible hour / Esther Seligson ; translated from the Spanish by Ilan Stavans -- Xerox man / Ilan Stavans -- Uruguay. The bar mitzvah speech / Salomon Zytner ; translated from the Yiddish by Debbie Nathan -- Venezuela. Papa's friends / Elisa Lerner ; translated from the Spanish by Amy Prince -- From claper / Alicia Freilich ; translated from the Spanish by Joan E. Friedman -- Cuba. Jesus / Pinkhes Berniker ; translated from the Yiddish by Alan Aastro -- Guatemala. Bottles / Alcina Lubitch Domecq ; translated from the Spanish by Ilan Stavans -- Kindergarten / Victor Perera -- Brazil. Love / Clarice Lispector ; translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Ponteiro -- Inside my dirty head : the Holocaust / Moacyr Scliar ; translated from the Portuguese by Eloah P. Giacomelli -- Appendix. The mythical Jew of Jorge Luis Borges. Emma Zunz ; Death and the compass / Jorge Luis Borges ; translated from the Spanish by Donald A. Yates -- The secret miracle / Jorge Luis Borges ; translated from the Spanish by Harriet De Onís. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
First published in 1994 as Tropical Synagogues: Short Stories by Jewish-Latin American Writers, Ilan Stavans's classic anthology is expanded and updated in this new edition. |
| Subject |
Short stories, Latin American -- Translations into English.
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Latin American fiction -- Jewish authors -- Translations into English.
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Latin American fiction -- 20th century -- Translations into English.
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Jews -- Fiction.
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FICTION -- General.
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Jews. (OCoLC)fst00983135
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Latin American fiction. (OCoLC)fst00993026
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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| Genre/Form |
Translations. (OCoLC)fst01423791
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Short stories.
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| Added Author |
Stavans, Ilan, editor.
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| Added Title |
Anthology of Jewish stories from Latin America |
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Jewish stories from Latin America |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Oy, caramba! Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2016 9780826354952 (DLC) 2015040297 (OCoLC)932066566 |
| ISBN |
9780826354969 (electronic bk.) |
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0826354963 (electronic bk.) |
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