On a clear April morning : a Jewish journey / Marcos Iolovitch ; translated by Merrie Blocker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Iolovitch, Marcos, -1984, author.

Contributor:

Blocker, Merrie, translator.

Series:

Jewish Latin American studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Brazil--Fiction.

Jews.

Iolovitch, Marcos, -1984--Fiction.

Iolovitch, Marcos.

Genre:

Autobiographical fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (150 p.)

Place of Publication:

Brookline, MA : Academic Studies Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

On a Clear April Morning, by Marcos Iolovitch, is a lyrical and riveting coming of age story set among early twentieth-century settlers brought to an almost unknown Jewish farming experiment in an isolated corner of Brazil. This autobiographical novel is filled with drama, joy, disasters, romance, and humor. It travels from farms where the crops won’t grow to towns where the Yiddish-speaking protagonist falls in love, befriends sons of German immigrants, studies philosophy with the Jesuits, and becomes an important member of Brazil’s literary world. This first English edition includes elucidating historical notes on the origin of Jewish farming communities in the U.S., Canada and South America by the translator, Merrie Blocker, a retired U.S. Foreign Service officer.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Preface to the Second Portuguese Edition by Moacyr Scliar, 1987

Translator’s Preface

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Chapter 26

Chapter 27

Afterword

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-64469-300-3

1-64469-299-6

OCLC:

1151189247