Research Catalog

Title

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

Publication

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2016.

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Details

Additional Authors

Stavans, Ilan

Description

ix, 333 pages; 23 cm

Subjects

• Jews > Fiction
• Short stories, Latin American > Jewish authors > Translations into English
• Latin American fiction > 20th century > Translations into English

Bibliography (note)

• 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: 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.

Call Number

JFE 16-11277

ISBN

• 9780826354952
• 0826354955

LCCN

2015040297

OCLC

932066566

Title

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

Publisher

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2016.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-329).

Added Author

Stavans, Ilan, editor.

Research Call Number

JFE 16-11277