Tropical synagogues : short stories / by Jewish-Latin American writers ; edited and with an introduction by Ilan Stavans
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| Subjects: | Short stories, Latin American--Jewish authors--Translations into English Latin American fiction--20th century--Translations into English |
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| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English, Spanish (translated from) |
| Audience: | Unspecified |
| Published: | New York : Holmes & Meier, 1994 |
| LC Classification: | P, PQ |
| Table of Contents: | Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Argentina Camacho's Wedding Feast / Alberto Gerchunoff 41 Uncle Facundo / Isidoro Blaisten 50 Cecilia's Last Will and Testament / Alicia Steimberg 58 Blues in the Night / German Rozenmacher 67 The Passion According to San Martin / Gerardo Mario Goloboff 83 The Last Emigrant / Nora Glickman 90 Celeste's Heart / Aida Bortnik 95 Remembrances of Things Future / Mario Szichman 98 Brazil Inside My Dirty Head - The Holocaust / Moacyr Scliar 113 Love / Clarice Lispector 117 His Moment of Glory / Samuel Rawet 126 Peru The Conversion / Isaac Goldemberg 131 Venezuela Papa's Friends / Elisa Lerner 141 Guatemala Kindergarten / Victor Perera 153 Bottles / Alcina Lubitch Domecq 159 Canillas de Leche / David Unger 162 Mexico Genealogies / Margo Glantz 173 The Invisible Hour / Esther Seligson 182 In the Name of His Name / Angelina Muniz-Huberman 189 The Death of Yankos / Ilan Stavans 193 Appendix: The Mythical Jew Emma Zunz / Jorge Luis Borges 201 Death and the Compass / Jorge Luis Borges 206 The Secret Miracle / Jorge Luis Borges 217 Bibliography 224 The Authors 235 Permissions 238 |
| Additional Authors: | Stavans, Ilan |
| Notes: | LCCN: 93005343 ISBN: 0841913404 (alk. paper) Includes bibliographical references (p. 224-234) |
| Physical Description: | ix, 239 p. ; 25 cm |
| OCLC Number: | 28375268 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 0841913404 |