Oy, caramba! : an anthology of Jewish stories from Latin America / Ilan Stavans [editor].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stavans, Ilan, editor.

Language:

English

Portuguese

Spanish

Yiddish

Subjects (All):

Short stories, Latin American--Jewish authors--Translations into English.

Short stories, Latin American.

Latin American fiction--20th century--Translations into English.

Latin American fiction.

Jews--Fiction.

Jews.

Jewish authors.

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

ix, 329 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2016.

Summary:

Jewish Identity and Magical realism are the themes of the tales of adventure and cultural alienation collected here by the leading authority on Jewish Latin American literature. 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. Book jacket.

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

Remembraces 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 holcaust / Moacyr Scliar, translated from the Portuguese by Eloah P. Giacomelli

Appendix: the mythical Jew: Jorge Luis Borges / Emma Zunz

Jorge Luis Borges / translated from the Spanish by Donald A. Yates

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-329).

ISBN:

9780826354952

0826354955

9780826354969

0826354963

OCLC:

932066566